2-709-135 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The entrance to the Suez Canal at Port Said, Egypt, 1895. The city, on the coast of the Mediterranean, was established in 1859 during the construction of the canal. On the left is the Grand Hotel des Pays Bas. From "Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]