The Panama scandal was planned in view of the elections of 1893. During the decade following 1880 Ferdinand de Lesseps, the successful builder of the Suez Canal, had organized and tried to finance a company to construct a canal at Panama.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
About the middle of the decade he returned to Mainz and there also borrowed money, presumably again for the same object.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
From the point of view of the history of literature and thought there is much to be gained from the collection in large libraries of all books printed before 1501. From the point of view of the history of printing every decade of book-production has its interest, and the decade 1490 to 1500 among the rest.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard