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Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps GCSI ( French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia .
Ferdinand, viscount de Lesseps was a French diplomat famous for building the Suez Canal across the Isthmus of Suez (1859–69) in Egypt. Lesseps was from a family long distinguished in government service. Appointed assistant vice-consul at Lisbon in 1825, he was sent in 1828 to Tunis and in 1832 to.
Learn about the life and achievements of Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French diplomat and administrator who constructed the Suez Canal in the 19th century. Find out how he also planned the Panama Canal and faced legal troubles.
Ferdinand, comte de Lesseps 2, 3, né le 19 novembre 1805 4 à Versailles et mort le 7 décembre 1894 à La Chesnaye près de Guilly ( Indre ), est un diplomate et entrepreneur français. Il est surtout connu pour avoir fait construire le canal de Suez et pour être impliqué dans le scandale de Panama.
Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French diplomat famous for building the Suez Canal. The canal, which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, considerably reduced the sailing distances and thereby the time taken to travel between Europe and East Asia.
Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte (English: Viscount) de Lesseps, GCSI (19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was the French developer of the Suez Canal, which joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas in 1869.
Creator of the Suez Canal. Born in Versailles, into a family raised to the nobility in 1777, son of Mathieu de Lesseps, French Consul, and nephew of Barthélemy de Lesseps, one of the members of the La Pérouse expedition and subsequently French Consul General in St Petersburg during the First Empire.
