Gregory Ronca and Ermanno Stradelli: a navy officer and an anthropologist in the Amazon

Authors

  • Vittorio Cappelli Universita’ Della Calabria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2012.s.12478

Keywords:

Italian travellers, Amazonas, Rubber, Italian immigration

Abstract

The text aims to describe, comment and compare two experiences of Italian travelers in the Amazon between the 19th and 20th centuries. The travelers are Ermanno Stradelli, ethnologist who lived and worked in the Amazon between 1879 and 1926, Gregory Ronca, an Italian Navy official who traveled to the Antilles, the Guyanas, and the Amazon in 1904, climbing the Belem Amazon river to Manaus and Iquitos to assess the commercial interests of Italy and to find Italian communities in those cities.

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Author Biography

Vittorio Cappelli, Universita’ Della Calabria

Laureado em Filosofia na Università di Milano (1971). É professor de História Contemporânea na Università della Calábria. Desenvolveu pesquisas sobre a história social da Calábria, com destaque ao associativismo, conflitos sociais e emigração transoceânica na América Latina.

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Published

2012-12-31

How to Cite

Cappelli, V. (2012). Gregory Ronca and Ermanno Stradelli: a navy officer and an anthropologist in the Amazon. Estudos Ibero-Americanos. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2012.s.12478

Issue

v. 38, n. supl. (2012): Dossier - History, Literature and Mith: european travelers in Latin America

Section

Part VI – Words and Italian Travelers