Английская Википедия:Giovanni Roncagli

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Шаблон:Infobox person Giovanni Roncagli (1857–1929) was an Italian naval officer and hydrographer.

Biography

Roncagli was born in 1857.Шаблон:Sfn He enlisted in the navy in 1875, attending the Royal Naval School of Naples. In his biography Vita di mare he tells of his early career, at a time when sailing ships were only slowly being replaced by steam.Шаблон:Sfn Roncagli was the hydrographer for the Italian expedition to explore Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego of 1881–1882, led by Giacomo Bove.Шаблон:Sfn Decio Vinciguerra was officially both zoologist and botanist, but in fact Carlos Luigi Spegazzini from Buenos Aires handled the botanical work.Шаблон:Sfn The geologist Domenico Lovisato made up the scientific party.Шаблон:Sfn

Giovanni Roncagli became a navy captain, an expert in commercial geography and a member of the Italian Naval League. He was secretary general of the Italian Geographic Society from 1897 until World War I (1914–1918).Шаблон:Sfn He also became director of the Navy's historical section.Шаблон:Sfn He was a pioneer in aeronautical topography in Italy, which quickly turned out to be of great importance in World War I.Шаблон:Sfn In 1913 Roncagli presented a report to the Tenth International Geographical Congress in Rome in which he discussed the need for an international aeronautical map.Шаблон:Sfn

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Southern Argentina and Chile from Roncagli's Atlante Mondiale Hoepli

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