Ferdinand Marie (Ferdinand) de Lesseps
1805–94
French engineer. Constructed a canal across the Isthmus of Suez, 1859–69; commissioned to attempt a similar project at Panama, 1879–89, but the attempt failed and he was charged with fraud.
Source
EB (1970).
Bibliography
EB (1970): Encyclopaedia Britannica. 24 vols. Chicago and London: Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1970.
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