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Phoenix666 writes:

TeleGeography releases Vintage-style Maps and Charts to reflect the current state of the submarine cables that carry the world's internet traffic.

The latest edition depicts 299 cable systems that are currently active, under construction, or expected to be fully-funded by the end of 2015.

This year’s map pays tribute to the pioneering mapmakers of the Age of Discovery, incorporating elements of medieval and renaissance cartography. In addition to serving as navigational aids, maps from this era were highly sought-after works of art, often adorned with fanciful illustrations of real and imagined dangers at sea. Such embellishments largely disappeared in the early 1600s, pushing modern map design into a purely functional direction.

The Interactive Map also contains inserts for latency, lift capacity, and dangers to cables.