Lesseps
/ˈlesəps/- Lesseps, Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de (1805-94), French diplomat. From 1854 onwards, while in the consular service in Egypt, he devoted himself to the project of the Suez Canal. In 1881 he embarked on the building of the Panama Canal, but the project was abandoned in 1889.雷塞布, 费迪南德·玛丽, 子爵(1805-1894, 法国外交家; 从1854年开始, 在埃及任领事期间, 投身于苏伊士运河开挖工程; 1881年开始建造巴拿马运河, 但1889年工程中断)。