Project Gutenberg 2019-04-17 Public domain in the USA. 194 Lesseps, Ferdinand de 1805 1894 De Lesseps, Ferdinand Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, comte de The Isthmus of Suez Question Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) "The Isthmus of Suez Question" by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book discusses the proposal and planning surrounding the construction of a maritime canal to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea via the Isthmus of Suez. It highlights the engineering, political, and economic considerations of such a monumental project, presenting it as a means to enhance global trade and communication. At the start of the book, de Lesseps recounts his trip to Egypt in 1854 following an invitation from Viceroy Mohammed Saïd. This trip initiated discussions about constructing a canal through the Isthmus of Suez, a concept that had been proposed in the past but never realized. Throughout this opening section, de Lesseps communicates the enthusiasm of both the Viceroy and supportive engineers regarding the feasibility of the project. He presents preliminary findings from engineers who investigated the terrain, outlining the costs, logistics, and potential benefits of the canal to trade, particularly for England, thereby emphasizing the collaborative international interest in the undertaking. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 60.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Suez Canal (Egypt) HE Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Engineering & Technology Category: Politics Category: Economics 368548 2025-06-23T14:12:12.083218 text/html 372254 2019-04-17T07:05:50 text/html 953953 2025-06-23T14:12:19.525190 application/epub+zip 953757 2025-06-23T14:12:13.467123 application/epub+zip 165388 2025-06-23T14:12:12.694146 application/epub+zip 1069466 2025-06-23T14:12:23.833110 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1032750 2025-06-23T14:12:18.630089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247405 2022-09-26T22:19:30.422869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 333354 2025-06-23T14:12:11.184146 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 333622 2019-04-17T07:05:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18794 2025-06-23T14:12:23.994076 application/rdf+xml 7880 2025-06-23T14:12:12.798141 image/jpeg 1440 2025-06-23T14:12:12.744132 image/jpeg 115677 2019-04-17T07:05:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 868791 2019-04-17T07:05:50 application/octet-stream application/zip 915643 2025-06-23T14:12:12.202141 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia