Ferdinand de Lesseps
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Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps was a French Orientalist diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869, joined the Mediterranean and Red Seas, substantially reducing sailing distances and t
Lesseps photographed by Nadar
Caricature of de Lesseps by André Gill, 1867.
Lesseps' statue displayed today in front of the Suez Canal International Museum in Ismailia.
Ferdinand de Lesseps' house and office in Ismailia, near the Suez Canal
Luann de Lesseps
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Luann de Lesseps is an American television personality, singer, author, and former model. She is best known as an original cast member of the Bravo reality television series The Real Housewives of New
Ferdinand de Lesseps
…extensively in the David McCullough book The Path Between the Seas. Lesseps' descendant Alexandre de Lesseps was married to LuAnn Nadeau (better known as Luann de Lesseps), a main cast member of the Bravo reality TV show The Real Housewives of New York. Lesseps metro station in the Barcelona Metro…
de Lesseps in New York in 2011