Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its Rise and Progression (Islam & Mideast

by Ferdinand de Lesseps

1 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1976

About the author

French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand Marie, vicomte de Lesseps supervised the construction of the Suez Canal from 1859 to 1869 and directed the company that began the Panama Canal in 1882 but because of bankruptcy in 1888 abandoned the project.

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