Multiple choice general knowledge history

The Suez canal was opened in 1869. Its popular French builder/designer is?

  1. Ferdinand de Lesseps

  2. Charles Martel

  3. Alois Negrelli

  4. Napoleon Bonaparte
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Ferdinand de Lesseps was the French diplomat and engineer who successfully developed and led the construction of the Suez Canal, which opened in 1869. He formed the Suez Canal Company and supervised the decade-long project connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Napoleon Bonaparte had earlier considered the concept, but de Lesseps was the actual builder who made it a reality.

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