Excerpt from On Recent Contributions to Our Knowledge of the Floor of the North Atlantic Ocean In this extract it will be observed that Maury states that the sea-bed between Cape Race in Newfoundland and Cape Clear in Ireland is already known as the Telegraphic Plateau. This, however, is the earliest publication in which we can find the term Telegraphic Plateau. In the latest edition of his Sailing Directions, ' Maury devotes considerable space to a consideration of the bed of the North Atlantic, as regards its suitability for submarine telegraph cables, and the words Telegraphic Plateau are printed on his depth map (pl. On a line running between Cape Race in the west and Cape Clear in the east. These words are not, however, printed on the earlier editions of the map. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.