print email comment close Suez Canal URL: http://www.emdb.gov.eg/english/inside_e.aspx?main=suezcanal&level1=history Description: Background about the Suez Canal, which "is considered to be the shortest link between the east and the west due to its unique geographic location; it is an important international navigation canal linking between the Mediterranean sea at Port Said and the Red Sea at Suez." Provides history, statistics (such as cargo volume and total crossing vessels), and other data about the canal. From the Egyptian Maritime Data Bank. Publisher: Egyptian Maritime Data Bank LII Database Information: Record 24843 created by Jennifer English on 11/02/2007 Last modification on 11/14/2007 Published: 11/14/2007   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24843