Lesseps, Ferdinand de (d.1894) (Person, Concept)

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Lesseps, Ferdinand de (d.1894) (en), Ferdinand de Lesseps (fr), Ferdinand de Lesseps (es), Ferdinand de Lesseps (it), Ferdinand de Lesseps (de), Φερδινάνδος Λεσσέψ (el)Additional labels

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Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps GCSI (French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 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 the West and the East.

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