Ferdinand de lesseps biography

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Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia.

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Ferdinand de Lesseps © De Lesseps was a French diplomat and administrator who was responsible for the construction of the Suez Canal.

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The French diplomat Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de Lesseps (), successfully promoted the Suez Canal and made an abortive attempt to build the Panama Canal.


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Ferdinand de Lesseps was the son of a French gentleman who, fifty years since, was in the Consular service of France in Egypt.