Recollections of Forty Years 2 Volume Set
Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-02641-3 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press
978-1-108-02641-3 (ISBN)
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The man behind the building of the Suez Canal describes his diplomatic career in Europe and North Africa. Volume 1 of this 1887 translation focuses on missions to Rome and Madrid in the 1840s, while Volume 2 covers the Suez project, early plans for the Panama Canal, history and politics.
The French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894) was instrumental in the successful completion of the Suez Canal, which reduced by 3000 miles the distance by sea between Bombay and London. This two-volume memoir, written towards the end of his life and dedicated to his children, was published in this English translation in 1887. In it, de Lesseps describes his experiences in Europe and North Africa, beginning with accounts of diplomatic missions to Rome and Madrid during the political unrest of the late 1840s, and continuing with substantial coverage of the Suez project. He also includes reflections on European and colonial history and politics, an essay on steam power, and a report on the 1879 Paris conference that led to a controversial and abortive early attempt by a French company to build the Panama Canal.
The French diplomat and engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805–1894) was instrumental in the successful completion of the Suez Canal, which reduced by 3000 miles the distance by sea between Bombay and London. This two-volume memoir, written towards the end of his life and dedicated to his children, was published in this English translation in 1887. In it, de Lesseps describes his experiences in Europe and North Africa, beginning with accounts of diplomatic missions to Rome and Madrid during the political unrest of the late 1840s, and continuing with substantial coverage of the Suez project. He also includes reflections on European and colonial history and politics, an essay on steam power, and a report on the 1879 Paris conference that led to a controversial and abortive early attempt by a French company to build the Panama Canal.
Volume 1: Translator's preface; 1. The mission to Rome; 2. Episodes of 1848 at Paris and Madrid; 3. Rome, Suez, Panama; 4. The origin of the Suez Canal. Volume 2: 4 (continued). The origin of the Suez Canal; 5. A question of the day; 6. After the war of 1870–1871; 7. The Interoceanic Canal and the congress of 1879; 8. Steam; 9. Algeria and Tunis; 10. Abd-el-Kader; 11. Abyssinia; 12. The origin and duties of consuls; 13. The French Academy.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.3.2011 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Cambridge Library Collection - Technology |
| Übersetzer | C. B. Pitman |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 252 x 330 mm |
| Gewicht | 1170 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-108-02641-9 / 1108026419 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-108-02641-3 / 9781108026413 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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