Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama

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French company joint-stock company

Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama was the French company established in the late 19th century to construct a sea-level canal across the Isthmus of Panama under the leadership of Ferdinand de Lesseps, whose failure led to a major financial and political scandal.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama canonical 2
Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama 1
Compagnie Universelle du Canal de Panama 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French company ⓘ
joint-stock company ⓘ
causeOfDissolution bankruptcy ⓘ
financial collapse ⓘ
competedWith Nicaragua canal proposals ⓘ
constructionStart early 1880s ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved 1889 ⓘ
engineeringConcept sea-level canal ⓘ
financingMethod bond issues ⓘ
public share subscription ⓘ
founded 1879 ⓘ
foundedBy Ferdinand de Lesseps ⓘ
headquartersCountry France ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
impact loss of savings for hundreds of thousands of French investors ⓘ
political crisis in the French Third Republic ⓘ
industry canal construction ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ
involvedIn Panama scandals ⓘ
surface form: Panama Affair
keyPerson Ferdinand de Lesseps ⓘ
surface form: Charles de Lesseps

Ferdinand de Lesseps ⓘ
Gustave Eiffel ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
legalForm société anonyme ⓘ
majorEvent Panama scandals ⓘ
name Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama self-link ⓘ
notableFor failure to complete the Panama Canal ⓘ
heavy investor losses ⓘ
large-scale corruption scandal in France ⓘ
operatingStatus defunct ⓘ
predecessorProject Suez Canal Company experience ⓘ
project Panama Canal ⓘ
projectCountryAtTheTime Colombia ⓘ
projectLocation Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
purpose construction of a sea-level canal across the Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
reasonForFailure corruption ⓘ
cost overruns ⓘ
mismanagement ⓘ
tropical diseases among workers ⓘ
underestimation of engineering difficulties ⓘ
shortName Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Compagnie Universelle du Canal de Panama
stockExchangeListing Bourse de Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris Bourse
subjectOf criminal trials in France ⓘ
parliamentary investigations in France ⓘ
successor Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ferdinand de Lesseps → notableWork → Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama ⓘ
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama → name → Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama self-link ⓘ
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama → shortName → Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compagnie Universelle du Canal de Panama
Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama → successor → Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Compagnie Nouvelle du Canal de Panama