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The following table demonstrates the acceleration of communications during the nineteenth century as a result of improved maritime technology and the spread of telegraphic technology. The numbers represent days of travel.
| To London from | 1830 | 1860 | 1870 |
| New York | 26 | 13 | 2 |
| Barbados | 37 | 21 | 4 |
| Cape Town | 69 | 39 | 4 |
| Buenos Aires | 76 | 41 | 3 |
| Bombay | 129 | 26 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 54 | 3 |
| Sydney | 142 | 53 | 4 |
Source: Yrjo Kaukianen, "The Improvement of Communication in International Freight Markets," in Information, Media and Power Through the Ages, edited by Hiram Morgan (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2001), p. 148.
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