Recollections of Forty Years: 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 - War College Series (Cambridge Library Collection - Technology, Volume 2) (Recollections of Forty Years 2 Volume Set, Volume 1)

by Ferdinand De Lesseps and C B Pitman

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. He includes reflections on European and colonial history and politics, a chapter on steam power, and a report on the 1879 Paris conference that led to a controversial and abortive early attempt to build the Panama Canal. Volume 1 focuses on de Lesseps' diplomatic missions to Rome and Madrid in the late 1840s during a period of political and social unrest in Italy, Spain and France, and the early stages of the Suez canal project.

• ISBN10: 1297486676
• ISBN13: 9781297486678
• Publish Date: 24 February 2015 (first published 5 March 2010)
• Publish Status: Unknown
• Imprint: War College Series
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 372
• Language: English