LSE4324000 Portrait of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), called ???he great French?? diplomat and entrepreneur, he is the main promoter of the Suez Canal, which connects Port-Said on the Mediterranean Sea to Suez on the Red Sea (Egypt) and the Panama Canal, which connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, crossing the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. Engraving in ??????Le petit journal??????16/12/1894. Selva\'s collection. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), called ???he great French?? diplomat and entrepreneur, he is the main promoter of the Suez Canal, which connects Port-Said on the Mediterranean Sea to Suez on the Red Sea (Egypt) and the Panama Canal, which connects the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, crossing the Isthmus of Panama in Central America. Engraving in ??????Le petit journal??????16/12/1894. Selva\'s collection.); Photo by Leonard de Selva.