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Don Emilio Bonelli y Hernando (7 November 1854 in Zaragoza, Aragon – 28 November 1926 in Madrid[1]) was a Spanish military officer, author, explorer, colonial administrator and Africanist.

Biography

Bonelli entered the Spanish Army in 1875 and attended the Toledo Infantry Academy, achieving the rank of ensign in 1878.Шаблон:Sfn He left the Army in 1882, and undertook an expedition through the interior of Morocco, crossing the territory between Fez, Meknes and Tangier.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1884, Bonelli commanded an expedition to take the territory of Río de Oro (Oued Edhahab),Шаблон:Sfn occupying the Atlantic coast between Cape Bojador (Ras Bujadur) and Cape Blanco (Ras Nouadhibou)Шаблон:Sfn and founding Villa Cisneros (Dakhla).Шаблон:Sfn On 26 December 1884, the Kingdom of Spain declared 'a protectorate of the African coast', and on 14 January 1885 officially informed the other great powers in writing,[2] thereby establishing Spanish Sahara. In July 1885, Bonelli was appointed by King Alfonso XII to the newly created position of Royal Commissioner on the West Coast of Africa[3] (which would later be renamed as Political and Military Subgovernor of Río de Oro),Шаблон:Sfn managing to establish peace with tribes in the area.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1913, Bonelli was a founding member of the Шаблон:Ill, of which he was vice president.[4]

Works

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  • El imperio de Marruecos y su constitución (1882)
  • El Sahara (1887)
  • Nuevos territorios españoles en África (1887)
  • El problema de Marruecos (1910)

References

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Bibliography

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  1. Шаблон:Cite journal
  2. Robert Rézette, The Western Sahara and the Frontiers of Morocco (Paris: Nouvelles Éditions Latines, 1975), p. 60.
  3. Шаблон:Cite book
  4. Шаблон:Cite journal