Lesseps

(lesəps; Fr le seps)

Lesseps, Vicomte Ferdinand Marie de 1805-94; Fr. engineer & diplomat: promoter & planner of the Suez Canal

See Lesseps in American Heritage Dictionary 4

French diplomat and engineer who supervised the construction of the Suez Canal (1859-1869). He directed the company that began the Panama Canal (1878) but abandoned the project because of bankruptcy (1888).
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