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Ruwenzori; an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy

Title

Ruwenzori; an account of the expedition of H. R. H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the Abruzzi

Title Variants

Uniform: Il Ruwenzori; viaggio di esplorazione...

By

Campigli, P.
De Filippi, Caroline.
De Filippi, Filippo, 1869-1938
Hughes, 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

London Archibald Constable and Company Limited 1908

Notes

Illustrations are from photographs taken by Vittorio Sella, member of the expedition.

"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 second 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.

Translation from Italian made by Caroline de Filippi.

"The appendices have been translated by Prof. A. H. Keane."

ppendices: 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 Abruzzi's Ruwenzori expedition, together with a list of the new zoological and botanical genera and species collected in the Ruwenzori regions.