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External websitesL'Association Lesseps
The Association du Souvenir de Ferdinand de Lesseps et du Canal de Suez was founded in 1978 on the initiative of Jacques Georges-Picot, the last General Manager of Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez (Suez Canal Company). It is dedicated to the history of Ferdinand de Lesseps and the Suez Canal.
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BiographyMORNY, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de (1811 – 1865)
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ArticleGreat Britain and Siam after 1855: informal empire and /or war with France?
Britain becomes a local hegemon When Britain began extending her influence over Burma and finally crushed all resistance in the First and Second Anglo-Burmese wars (1824-6 and 1852, respectively), the kingdom of Siam was forced to come to terms with the British superpower encroaching on her areas of influence. Britain on the other hand was […]
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ObjectBonaparte on a dromedary
In the second volume of A. C. Thibaudeau's Histoire générale de Napoléon Bonaparte – released in 1828 and entitled Guerre d'Egypte – the author wrote: “Thanks to the speed of their horses, their skilled handling of them, [and] their accustomance to life in the desert, the Arabs all too often made their escape from the […]
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TimelineThe Franco-British expedition to China, 1860Empire : 2nd Republic / 2nd EmpireTheme(s) : Military HistoryArticle“The Great Exhibition and the Little One,” from Household WordsThis article forms part of the Close-up on the great British and French universal exhibitions during the Second EmpireArticleCharles Frederick Worth, the Empress Eugénie and the invention of Haute-CoutureArticleA dazzling exhibition dedicated to Bonaparte and his Egyptian Campaign
“Bonaparte et l'Egypte, feu et lumières”, 14 October 2008 to 29 March 2009, Paris, Institut du Monde Arabe The raging fires of battle and the dazzling light of discovery: that is what is on offer at this exhibition. The well-spaced but fluid progression leaves the visitor the luxury and time to read and digest the many information […]
ArticleNapoleon III and Abd el-KaderAt the mid point of the 19th century, Napoleon III and Abd el-Kader were the most important figures in their respective countries, France and Algeria. They were both born in 1808, the former on 20 April and the latter on 6 September.TimelineThe Egyptian CampaignEmpire : Directory / 1st EmpireTheme(s) : Military History