In the early 1850s the French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de
Lesseps (1805 1894) revived earlier French plans to build a canal
through the Isthmus of Suez, and, thanks to his good relations with
the Viceroy of Egypt, won approval for the project in the face of
British and Turkish opposition. This 1870 lecture reveals de
Lesseps' enchantment with the desert and its people, his
determination to complete the canal, and his annoyance at British
antagonism. By 1875, when this English translation by Sir Henry
Wolff was published, the canal had been open for six years and the
British position had shifted dramatically. The government bought
Egypt's shares in the Canal Company, and Wolff was chosen by
Disraeli to speak in Parliament in support of the purchase. De
Lessep's book remains an invaluable source on the canal, the
politics of the major powers, and European attitudes towards the
Middle East.
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