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Francis Rawdon Chesney

Explorer, born in co. Down, Ireland; explored with much labor the route to India by way of the Euphrates, though his labors were rendered futile by the opposition of Russia; proved, by survey of the isthmus, the practicability of the Suez Canal (1798-1872).

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