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 2 of this 1887 translation continues de Lesseps' account of the Suez project! describes early plans for the Panama Canal! and includes essays on history and politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• 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: 9781108026406
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02640-6
• No. of pages: 332
• 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