What if the transatlantic telegraph cable had gone differently?

A working cable links the money and news markets of two continents in minutes.

If it had gone differently: The Atlantic economy stays ten days wide; London and New York never quite move as one market.

The real history on Wikipedia ↗

Later turning points that leaned on the transatlantic telegraph cable. Change it in the game and the ripples reach all of these.

1. 1870The first globalisation. Without it, The world economy stays a patchwork of regions; no belle-époque boom, and no 1914 shock when it unwinds.