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The Suez Canal - Letters and Documents Descriptive of its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856 (Paperback)
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The Suez Canal - Letters and Documents Descriptive of its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
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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. He saw the immense benefits such a
canal would bring, reducing by 3000 miles the distance by sea
between Bombay and London, and he was instrumental in its
successful completion. These letters, published in this English
translation in 1876, show how De Lesseps persuaded the Viceroy of
Egypt to allow construction, and how he overcame opposition from
Britain and Turkey. Letters to the Viceroy, Emperor Napoleon III,
Members of Parliament, diplomats, and politicians throughout
Europe, together with more personal letters to his wife, all
illustrate his resolute determination to see his project succeed.
This is an invaluable source, not only on the canal, but also on
the politics of the major powers and European attitudes towards the
Middle East and its people.
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