Launching buoy on August 8th, in Lat. 51° 23' 30, Long. 30° 56' (marking spot where cable had been grappled), Great Eastern Steamer with Floats marking the anchorage of the transatlantic cable on August 8, 1865, Signed: E. Walker lith., from a drawing by R. Dudley, Day & Son, Limited, Lith, Fig. 23, according to p. 88, Dudley, Robert (ill.), Walker, E. (lith.), Day & Co (lith.), 1866, William Howard Russell, Robert Dudley: The atlantic telegraph. Dedicated by special permission to His Royal Highness Albert Edward Prince of Wales. London: Day and son Limited, [1866], Reimagined by Gibon, design

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