Friday, August 24, 2018

WHO SHORTENED THE WORLD?



Canal-builder Ferdinand de Lesseps, out for a drive with 7 of his 17 children.


A ship streams through the Suez Canal, the man-made waterway that crosses the Isthmus of Suez in northeastern Egypt. The canal, opened in 1869, connects the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.


Official opening of the Suez Canal 17 Nov 1869.

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