Posted on 16/03/06
The 'cosmopolitanization' of St. John's
ST JOHN'S -- For centuries, the rugged landscape and rich history of St. John's have inspired artists, writers and adventurers.And in what might be the city's first substantial role in technological innovation, Guglielmo Marconi, atop Signal Hill in 1901, received the first transatlantic radio transmission from Cornwall, England, by attaching a receiver to a kite.
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