Ferdinand de Lesseps
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Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps (; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia.He attempted to repeat this success with an effort to build a Panama Canal at sea level during the 1880s, but the project was devastated by epidemics of malaria and yellow fever in the area, as well as beset by financial problems, and the planned Lesseps Panama Canal was never completed. Eventually, the project was bought out by the United States, which solved the medical problems and changed the design to a non-sea level canal with locks. It was completed in 1914. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894
Published 1876Edinburgh ; London : W. Blackwood and Sons, 1876.xii, 89 p. ; 17 cm. -
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Published 1857London, J. Weale, 1857.1 p. l.,[v]-viii, 147 p. fold. maps 22 cm. -
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Published 1869Paris : C. Marpon et E. Flammarion, [1869?]220 p. ; 17 cm. -
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Published 1864Paris : Impr. centrale des chemins de fer de N. Chaix, 1864.95 p. ; 20 cm. -
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7Published 1860Paris : Typ. de H. Plon, [1860]78 p., [3] folded leaves of plates : 2 maps (1 col.) ; 24 cm.Other Authors: “...Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894...”
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8Published 1876London : Tinsley Bros., 1876.2 v. in 1 : 2 plans ; 22 cm.Other Authors: “...Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894...”
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9Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, [19--]1 microfilm reel : ill. ; 35 mm.Other Authors: “...Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894...”