Alphabetical Index Index by Year of Birth
Ferdinand de Lesseps
* 1805 in Versailles
+ 1894 in La Chesnaye near Guilly
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Ferdinand Marie, vicomte de Lesseps, 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.
2021 J. Giesen