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Ferdinand de Lesseps

French surname: [lesɛps]

Also Known As de Lesseps · Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps

Citation Formats

General Reference

Transport Atlas. "Ferdinand de Lesseps." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/figures/ferdinand-de-lesseps.

APA Style

Transport Atlas. (n.d.). Ferdinand de Lesseps. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/figures/ferdinand-de-lesseps

BibTeX

@misc{transportatlas-ferdinand-de-lesseps,
  author = {Transport Atlas},
  title = {Ferdinand de Lesseps},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://transport.interactiveatlas.org/figures/ferdinand-de-lesseps},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

French diplomat and developer who formed the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez in 1858 and led construction of the Suez Canal, completed in 1869. He later organized a French effort to build a sea-level canal across Panama in the 1880s, which failed due to disease and engineering miscalculation, a costly defeat that overshadowed his earlier success.

Facts

Birth Year

1805 1

Death Year

1894 1

Nationality

French 1

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