biography
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Chesney, Francis Rawdon
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pronunciation:
[cheznee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1789–1872)
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| biography:
| Soldier and explorer of the Euphrates, born in Annalong, Co Down, SE Northern Ireland, UK. In 1829 he surveyed the Isthmus of Suez, providing data later used in the construction of the Suez Canal. After 1831 he four times explored a route to India by rail and sea via Syria and the Euphrates. He transported two steamers overland from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, and one successfully reached the Gulf in 1836, but the British government ignored his results. |
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