The Suez Canal: Letters and Documents Descriptive of Its Rise and Progress in 1854-1856 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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Three years ago, after my mission to Rome as Envoy Extraordinary, I asked for and Obtained leave from my Office as Minister Plenipotentiary.
Since 1849 I have studied incessantly, under all its aspects, a question which was already in my mind when we first became friends in Egypt twenty years ago.
I confess that my scheme is still a mere dream, and I do not shut my eyes to the fact that so long as I alone believe it to be possible, it is virtually impossible.
To make the public take it up it requires a support still wanting to it, and I ask for your assistance with a view to obtaining that support.
The scheme in question is the cutting of a canal through the Isthmus of Suez. This has been thought of from the earliest historical times, and for that very reason is looked upon as impracticable. Geographical dictionaries inform us indeed that the project would have been executed long ago but for insurmountable obstacles.
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The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 was arguably the birth of the globalisation of trade, allowing the major powers quicker access to the raw materials and markets vital for growth. These letters by the man behind the canal, published in 1876, document its early planning and progress.
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