Portrait of Ferdinand de Lesseps

1894 colored Portrait of Ferdinand de Lesseps.

Panama Canal Construction Historic Photo - Lesseps 1894

Wikipedia writes: Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps GCSI,  19 November 1805 to 7 December 1894) 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.

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