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The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of its Rise and Progress in 1854–1856: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

Autor Ferdinand de Lesseps Traducere de N. D’Anvers
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 feb 2011
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781108026420
ISBN-10: 1108026427
Pagini: 326
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Library Collection - Technology

Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Dedication; 1852; 1854; 1855; 1856.

Descriere

Letters documenting the planning of the Suez Canal, by the diplomat behind its successful completion, published in English in 1876.