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Suez Canal
also: Суэзский Канал, Суэцкий канал
The artificial sea-level waterway across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas; a stop -- via Port Said -- on Chekhov's sea voyage home from Sakhalin, later recalled among the "exotic" photographs he offers as illustrations for Tikhonov's magazine "Sever".
Reading notes
- To V. A. Tikhonov, 21 November 1891. Moscow. §7 the Suez Canal
The Suez Canal, the artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas, which Chekhov's ship transited on the homeward leg of his journey from Sakhalin, immediately after Port Said.