Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and entrepreneur, with his family, 1886. From "The Artistic Illustration", 1886. (Colorised black and white print). De Lesseps (1805-1894) was a 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.
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