Sujet

Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Port Said, Egypt, c1920s-c1930s(?). Artist: Unknown

Légende

Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, Port Said, Egypt, c1920s-c1930s(?). A French diplomat and entrepreneur, de Lesseps (1805-1894) built the Suez Canal to enable shipping to pass between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea rather than having to sail around the Cape of Good hope, completing the project in 1869. In 1880 he then went on to make the first attempt at building a canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. A combination of the difficult terrain, a horrendous mortality rate amongst the workforce from tropical diseases and spiralling costs led to the abandonment the project in 1889 however.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1920

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C57_174

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,8Mo) / 43,0cm x 29,2cm / 5075 x 3446 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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