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"ROOSEVELT TOUR" PUBLISHED BY ARTHUR CAPPER. TOPEKA, KANSAS
COPYRIGHTED, 1909, BY ARTHUR CAPPER, TOPEKA, KANSAS
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VIEWS OF THE SUEZ CANAL. The But canal
connects the waters of the Mediterranean with the
waters of the Indian Ocean, and is the highway of
steamship traffic between Europe and the Hast. It is
100 miles in length and with a depth of 28 feet, and is
240 feet wide at the surface. The work of digging the
canal was begun in 1859 and the canal was opened for
traffic in 1869. Ferdinand de Lesseps was the engineer
whose brain conceived what was at that time a vast un-
dertaking and who completed the task. He was financ-
ed by Egyptian and British capital and the cost of
construction was about $80,000,000. De Lesseps' fame
was tarnished by the scandal in connection with the
Panama Canal, which he afterward undertook.
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