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The Suez Canal by Burchell, S. C.;Lesseps, Ferdinand de is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Critics said Ferdinand de Lesseps's ambitious scheme to link the waters of the Mediterranean and Red seas - thus cutting 5,800 miles off the India to Europe ocean voyage - was impractical, unwise, and even foolish. The hostile, empty desert of the Isthmus of Suez posed a seemingly insurmountable geographical challenge to the builder's ingenuity and persistence.<br><br>During the ten years of its construction, from 1859 to 1869, the Suez Canal was the focus of worldwide attention. Around the g
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Burchell, S. C.;Lesseps, Ferdinand de
- Publisher
- New Word City, Inc.;Horizon : New Word City
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781612309996
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Business, Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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