수에즈 運河 會社의 成立過程과 國有化前의 所有權 變化에 관한 硏究

A Study on the Formation and the Change of Ownership for the Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal before its Nationalization

The purpose of this study is to examine the formation of the Universal Company of the Maritime Suez Canal and the change of ownership before its nationalization. Because of the improvement for technology in late 18th century in European countries, it’s possible to say the maritime transportation period for 19th. The Universal Company of the Suez Maritime Canal was founded for the construction of Suez Canal by Ferdinand de Lesseps in 1858. Before its nationalization in 1956, the company’s ownership was changed for 2 times by France, Egypt and the Great Britain. Especially while the Great Britain controlled the canal, Great Britain had the best maritime power and it was the most imperialistic country in the world. According to the ownership change, the major countries’ transit rate of the canal were also changed and the economic and democratic advantages from the canal were become different.