english: I'm a little bit of an amateur historian, so I've spent some time going back, trying to see the first mention of this kind of thing. And the best, earliest quote that I could find was one from David Livingstone, writing in the 1850s about how the railroad, the steam ship, and the telegraph were integrating East Africa perfectly with the rest of the world.
non_english: Pomalo sam i istoričar amater,  zato sam proveo neko vreme gledajući unazad, pokušavajući da nađem prvo spominjanje ovoga. Najbolji, najraniji citat koji sam našao je citat Dejvida Livingstona, napisan 1850-ih o tome  kako su železnica, parobrod i telegraf savršeno integrisali istočnu Afriku sa ostatkom sveta.