…The English side has port cities such as Dover and Folkestone, while the French side has Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer, which function as ports of communication. The first person to swim across the Channel was Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883) in 1875. Plans for an undersea tunnel have been discussed many times since 1856, but in 1987, construction of the privately run Eurotunnel, a railway-only tunnel, began in earnest under the Channel Tunnel Agreement of 1984. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Captain Webb" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…イギリス側にはドーバー,フォークストン,フランス側にはカレー,ブーローニュ・シュル・メールなどの港湾都市があり,連絡港として機能している。海峡横断水泳は1875年のキャプテン・ウェッブMatthew Webb(1848‐83)が最初である。また1856年以来たびたび海底トンネル計画が論議されたが,1984年の〈海峡トンネル協定〉にもとづき,民営方式で87年鉄道専用の〈ユーロトンネル〉の本格的工事に着工した。… ※「キャプテン・ウェッブ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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