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Recollections of Forty Years (Paperback)
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Recollections of Forty Years (Paperback)
Series: Recollections of Forty Years 2 Volume Set, Volume 2
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The French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805 1894)
was instrumental in the successful completion of the Suez Canal,
which reduced by 3000 miles the distance by sea between Bombay and
London. This two-volume memoir, written towards the end of his life
and dedicated to his children, was published in this English
translation in 1887. In it, de Lesseps describes his experiences in
Europe and North Africa. He includes reflections on European and
colonial history and politics, an essay on steam power, and a
report on the 1879 Paris conference that led to a controversial and
abortive early attempt by a French company to build the Panama
Canal. Volume 2 focuses on the Suez project, quoting extensively
from de Lesseps' correspondence, and also contains facts and
figures relating to the 'interoceanic canal', political essays, and
the speeches for his inauguration into the Acad mie fran aise.
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