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<p> French diplomatist, born at Versailles; conceived the scheme of connecting the Red Sea with the [[Mediterranean]] in 1854, and saw it finished as the Suez Canal in 1869; projected a similar scheme for a canal at Panama, but it ended in failure, disgrace, and ruin to the projectors as well as others (1805-1894). </p> | Ferdinand De Lesseps <ref name="term_75894" /> | ||
==References == | <p> French diplomatist, born at Versailles; conceived the scheme of connecting the Red Sea with the [[Mediterranean]] in 1854, and saw it finished as the [[Suez]] Canal in 1869; projected a similar scheme for a canal at Panama, but it ended in failure, disgrace, and ruin to the projectors as well as others (1805-1894). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_75894"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lesseps,+ferdinand+de Ferdinand De Lesseps from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_75894"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lesseps,+ferdinand+de Ferdinand De Lesseps from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:38, 15 October 2021
Ferdinand De Lesseps [1]
French diplomatist, born at Versailles; conceived the scheme of connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean in 1854, and saw it finished as the Suez Canal in 1869; projected a similar scheme for a canal at Panama, but it ended in failure, disgrace, and ruin to the projectors as well as others (1805-1894).
