The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856Cambridge University Press, 2011 M02 24 - 326 páginas In the early 1850s the French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894) 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. |
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July | 1 |
وو | 32 |
10th | 38 |
February | 74 |
22 | 80 |
10th | 95 |
April | 111 |
22 | 120 |
22 | 195 |
June 13th | 246 |
ACCOUNT GIVEN AT THE OPENING OF THE GENERAL | 266 |
July | 272 |
August 10th | 278 |
and Sept 3 LETTERS to M THOUvenel | 288 |
99 | 302 |
39 | 310 |
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affair agents Alexandria Arles Dufour arrived Barthélemy Saint-Hilaire Bey and Mougel Bitter Lakes Cairo capitalists civilisation commerce COMTE DE LESSEPS Constantinople Consul-General Egyptian Emperor engineers England enterprise Europe European execution favourable Ferdinand de Lesseps Firman France French give Government Grand Vizier Highness Mohammed honour India interests Isthmus of Suez Kiamil Pacha Lake Timsah land land of Goshen letter Linant Bey London Lord Clarendon Lord Palmerston Lord Stratford MADAME DELAMALLE Majesty maritime canal matter Mediterranean Mehemet Mehemet Ali ment mètres Minister Mohammed Said Pacha Mougel Bey nations navigation necessary Negrelli Nile November o'clock objections opinion opposition Ottoman Ottoman Empire Paris Pelusium Pharaohs Porte present prince proposed question railway ratification received Red Sea replied Reschid Pacha result route Ruyssenaers sand scheme sent Suez Canal Sultan Surveying Society tent tion told Turkey Turkish undertaking Universal Company vessels Viceroy of Egypt Viceroy's wish