A french engineer ferdinand de lesseps , was the director of the construction of the suez canal .
一个名叫斐迪南?德?雷塞普斯的法国工程的师担任苏伊士运河建设工程的指挥。
So viscount ( and diplomat ) ferdinand marie de lesseps foundedla campagnie universelle du canal maritime de suez ( universal company of the suez maritime canal ) in 1858 to dig the ditch .