The Suez Canal : letters and documents descriptive of its rise and progress in 1854-1856 / Ferdinand de Lesseps.
نوع المادة : نصالسلاسل:Cambridge library collectionالناشر:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2011]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2011وصف:viii, 311 pages ; 22 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781108026420 (pbk)
- 1108026427 (pbk)
- TC791 L47 2011
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | TC791 L47 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010011300317 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | TC791 L47 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010011300318 |
"First published in 1876. This digitally printed version 2011"--T.p. verso.
In the early 1850s the French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805{u2013}1894) revived earlier French plans to build a canal through the Isthmus of Suez. He saw the immense benefits such a canal would bring, reducing by 3000 miles the distance by sea between Bombay and London, and he was instrumental in its successful completion. These letters, published in this English translation in 1876, show how De Lesseps persuaded the Viceroy of Egypt to allow construction, and how he overcame opposition from Britain and Turkey. Letters to the Viceroy, Emperor Napoleon III, Members of Parliament, diplomats, and politicians throughout Europe, together with more personal letters to his wife, all illustrate his resolute determination to see his project succeed. This is an invaluable source, not only on the canal, but also on the politics of the major powers and European attitudes towards the Middle East and its people.
Reprint. Originally published : London : Henry S. King and Company, 1876.