Società Geografica Italiana Explained
The Società Geografica Italiana formed as a geographic society in 1867 in Florence, Italy, and moved to Rome in 1872. As of 1924 it operated from headquarters in Villa Mattei in the Celio rione. The society began publishing a journal in 1868, and also sponsored scientific expeditions, such as one to Ethiopia in 1876, led by Orazio Antinori.[1] In 1892 its members were among the first participants of the triennial .[2]
Presidents of the society
- Cristoforo Negri, 1867-1872
- Cesare Correnti, 1873-1879
- Onorato Caetani, 1879-1887
- Francesco Nobili Vitelleschi, 1887-1891
- Giacomo Doria, 1891-1900
- , 1900-1906
- Antonino di San Giuliano, 1906
- Raffaele Cappelli, 1907-1915
- Scipione Borghese, 1916-1921
- Paolo Thaon di Revel, 1921-1923
- Luigi Federzoni, 1923-1926
- Pietro Lanza di Scalea, 1926-1928
- , 1928-1932
- Corrado Zoli, 1933-1944
- , 1944-1945
- , 1945-1955
- Giovanni Boaga, 1955-1961
- Riccardo Riccardi, 1962-1969
- Ferdinando Gribaudi, 1969-1971
- , 1971-1977
- Ernesto Massi, 1978-1987
- Gaetano Ferro, 1987-1997
- , 1997-2013
- Sergio Conti, 2013-2015
- , 2015–present
See also
References
Bibliography
Issued by the society
About the society
- Book: Maria Carazzi . La Società Geografica Italiana e l'esplorazione coloniale in Africa, 1867-1900 . 895281639 . Florence . La Nuova Italiana . it . 1972.
- Chinese Books from the Library of the Italian Geographical Society in Rome Illustrating the Lives of Ethnic Minorities in South-West China . Giuliano Bertuccioli . East and West . . 37 . 29756826 . 1987. 1/4 . 399–438 .
- Book: Fotografia e storia dell'Africa . 34610996 . Alessandro Triulzi . . it . 1995 . Il fondo fotografico africano della Società Geografica Italiana . Maria Mancini.
- Gli organismi geografici e di esplorazione e le origini del colonialismo italiano . Geographical organizations and the origins of Italian colonialism . Carla Ghezzi . . 52 . it . 40761270 . 1997. 1 . 96–107 .
- Book: Un programma coloniale: La Società geografica italiana e le origini dell'espansione in Etiopia (1867-1884) . Daniele Natili . Gangemi Editore . it . 2008.
- Book: Printed media in fin-de-siècle Italy . Ann Caesar . et al . London . 9781906540746 . 2011 . 'At the borders of "dark Africa': Italian expeditions to Ethiopia and the Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 1867-1887 . Matteo Salvadore.
- Book: Douglas Richardson . International Encyclopedia of Geography . Wiley . 978-0-470-65963-2 . 2017 . Italy: Società Geografica Italiana . https://books.google.com/books?id=gfYoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT5508 .
External links
Notes and References
- Italian Imperialism in Its Ethiopian Context . Robert L. Hess . International Journal of African Historical Studies . 6 . 1973 . 1 . 94–109 . 10.2307/216975 . 216975 .
- Italian Geographical Congress of 1892 . Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society . 14 . 11 . 1892 .
