moving force behind the Suez and Panama Canals

de Lesseps, Ferdinand

Erscheinungsdatum: 1883

Beschreibung

Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and later development leader involved in the Suez and Panama Canals. A brief one-page handwritten note or inscription dated 1883 on a 3.75 x 5 sheet. The message is in French and appears to be a reply or request possibly a response to an autograph request. Using his political connections as a former French Diplomat in the Middle East Lesseps had won the right to develop the Suez Canal and is generally regarded as the driving force behind the successful idea and one of the most ambitious engineering/constructions jobs up to that time, other than the pyramids. He later tried to match his own reputation by leading the effort to build a canal across Panama. His efforts failed but were then resumed by the United States which obviously finished the work. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 5642

Bibliografische Details

Titel: moving force behind the Suez and Panama ...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1883

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Zustand: Near Fine

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