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Title
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Speech Etienne Turr [or Istvan Turr or Stefano Turr] in honor of Ferdinand de Lesseps.
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Description
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General Turr describes their first meeting (1854), Lesseps' vision and passion for the opening of the Suez Canal, the completion of the project in a relatively short time despite the ominous predictions of some influential people of the time, such as Stratford Canning. He expresses his admiration for Lesseps and describes his contribution to the work of opening the Panama Canal, firstly as advice and encouragement and secondly as project manager.
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is identified by
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NBG23
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forms part of
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Photos- Forms-Documents-Books
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has time-span
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1879
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consists of
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Paper
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has type
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Document
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has current location
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Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
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has current keeper
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National Bank of Greece
