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Ferdinand de Lesseps. Ferdinand Marie, Comte de Lesseps GCSI ( French: [də lesɛps]; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869 joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and times between Europe and East Asia .
Suez Canal. / 30.70500°N 32.34417°E / 30.70500; 32.34417. The Suez Canal ( Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from ...
Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua. Coordinates: 11.5°N 85.0°W. A proposed routing of the canal, c. 1870, which followed the southern route. Various Nicaragua canal proposals. Panama Canal is also shown. Attempts to build a canal across Nicaragua to connect the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean stetch back to the early colonial era.
The Panama scandals (also known as the Panama Canal Scandal or Panama Affair) was a corruption affair that broke out in the French Third Republic in 1892, linked to a French company's failed attempt at constructing a Panama Canal. Close to half a billion francs were lost and members of the French government had taken bribes to keep quiet about ...
Edward was born in New Holstein, Wisconsin, [2] [3] the eighth child of German immigrants Joachim and Dorothea (Kuehl) Schildhauer. [1] Edward's father Joachim left Germany in 1852 and visited his family in Brazil. Some people in Brazil told Joachim that Wisconsin was a great place to move to, and Joachim ended up settling in New Holstein.
Fort Sherman. Coordinates: 9.36302°N 79.953035°W. Ft. Sherman, Panama in 1986. Fort Sherman is a former United States Army base in Panama, located on Toro Point at the Caribbean (northern) end of the Panama Canal, on the western bank of the Canal directly opposite Colón (which is on the eastern bank). It was the primary defensive base for ...
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