Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and entrepreneur mb-code 42-18022994 Botanical study of Nepenthes melamphora

Botanical study of Nepenthes melamphora [Nepenthes gymnamphora] a pitcher plant native to Java

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On a platform to the right is a gesticulating figure

A collector of second-hand satin

Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and entrepreneur mb-code 42-18022994 Botanical study of Nepenthes melamphoraFerdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and entrepreneur, 1875. De Lesseps (1805 1894) built the Suez Canal to enable shipping to pass between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea rather than having to sail around the Cape of Good hope, completing the project in 1869. In 1880 he then went on to make the first attempt at building a canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. A combination of the difficult terrain, a