Photograph - British Troops Arriving in Port Said, Egypt, 1882, One of four albumen silver photographs depicting the Suez Canal, circa 1880s. The Suez Canal is a part natural and part man-made sea-level waterway through eastern Egypt connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. While primitive channels in the region had been used by shipping from ancient times, the modern canal route was constructed over a 10 year period by the French-based Suez Canal Company
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Photograph, British Troops Arriving, Port Said, Egypt, 1882, four albumen silver photographs depicting, Suez Canal, circa 1880s, part natural, part man-made sea-level waterway, eastern Egypt connecting, Mediterranean, Red Seas, primitive channels, region, shipping, ancient times, modern canal route, constructed, 10 year period, French-based Suez Canal Company
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