Recollections of Forty Years

Klappentext This autobiography, in an 1887 translation, describes the career in Europe and Africa of the man behind the Suez Canal. Zusammenfassung The man behind the building of the Suez Canal describes his career as an engineer and diplomat in Europe and North Africa. Volume 1 of this 1887 translation focuses on diplomatic visits to Rome and Madrid in the late 1840s! and the early stages of the Suez Canal enterprise. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Ferdinand De Lesseps, Ferdinand De Lesseps
• Assisted by: C. B. Pitman (Translation), Pitman C. B. (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2011
• EAN: 9781108026390
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02639-0
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology; Recollections of Forty Years 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Hydraulic Engineering