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The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 2 (of 6), volume 2

Note 502 — BOOK II[446]

Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation

The project of the canal, first formed under Francis I., was executed by Colbert's orders under Louis XIV. in the years 1666-1681. I omit the quotation from Corneille.—T.

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