Recollections of forty years / by Ferdinand de Lesseps ; translated by C.B. Pitman.

Main entry:

Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894, author

Title & Author:

Recollections of forty years / by Ferdinand de Lesseps ; translated by C.B. Pitman.

Publication:

London : Chapman and Hall, 1887.

Description:

2 volumes ; 23 cm

Notes:
v. 1. The mission to Rome. Episodes of 1848 at Paris and Madrid. Rome, Suez, Panama. The origin of the Suez canal.--v. 2. The origin of the Suez canal (continued). A question of the day. After the war of 1870-1871. The interoceanic canal and the Congress of 1879. Steam. Algeria and Tunis. Abd-el-Kader. Abyssinia. The origin and duties of consuls. The French Academy.
Also issued online.
In English; translated from the French.

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Subject:

Lesseps, Ferdinand de, 1805-1894.
Businessmen France Biography.
Diplomats France Biography.
Hommes d'affaires France Biographies.
Diplomates France Biographies.
Diplomats
Businessmen
Engineers France Biography
Suez Canal (Egypt)
Canal de Suez (Égypte)
France
Egypt Suez Canal

Form/genre:

Biography
Autobiographies.
Biographies

Added entries:

Pitman, C. B.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 263396
Call No.: BIB 194561
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 264311
Call No.: BIB 194561
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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