Details - Ruwenzori; an account of the expedition of Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, duke of Abruzzi

Ruwenzori

Title

Ruwenzori; an account of the expedition of Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, duke of Abruzzi

By

Campigli, P.
De Filippi, Caroline.
De Filippi, Filippo, 1869-1938
Hugues, Luigi, 1836-1913
Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912
Omodei, Domenico.
Savoia, Luigi Amedeo di, duca degli Abruzzi, 1873-1933

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, Dutton, 1908

Notes

"The illustrations are from photographs taken by Vittorio Sella member of the expedition."

"The translation from the Italian has been made by Caroline de Filippi, née Fitzgerald."

"To this volume, which contains a narrative of the journey and of the actual exploration work of the expedition, together with the meteorological and astronomical notes, will be added a secon volume [pub. in Italian only] containing the geological and mineralogical report of Dr. A. Roccati, together with reports upon the zoological and botanical specimens brought back by us."-Pref.

Appendices: A. Dr. Luigi Hugues. The Mountains of the Moon of Ptolemy's geography and the Ruwenzori range.--B. Astronomic, geodetic and meteorological observations: I. Report on astronomic observations, by P. Campigli. II. Geodetic observations, by P. Campigli. III. Report on meteorological and altimetric observations, by Prof. D. Omodei.--c. Summary of the geological, petrographic, and mineralogical observations which were made by H.R.H. the Duke of the Abruzzi's Ruwenzori expedition, together with a list of the new zoological and botanical genera and species collected in the Ruwenzori regions.