Giovanni Roncagli
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Giovanni Roncagli (1857–1929) was an Italian naval officer and hydrographer.
Giovanni Roncagli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1857 |
| Died | 1929 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Hydrographer |
Roncagli was born in 1857.[1] 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.[2] Roncagli was the hydrographer for the Italian expedition to explore Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego of 1881–1882, led by Giacomo Bove.[3] Decio Vinciguerra was officially both zoologist and botanist, but in fact Carlos Luigi Spegazzini from Buenos Aires handled the botanical work.[4] The geologist Domenico Lovisato made up the scientific party.[3]
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).[5] He also became director of the Navy's historical section.[1] He was a pioneer in aeronautical topography in Italy, which quickly turned out to be of great importance in World War I.[6] 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.[7]
- Roncagli, Giovanni (1899). Atlante mondiale Hoepli di geografia moderna fisica e politica seconda edizione rifatta: 80 carte con indice generale completo e speciale per il sistema alpino ed una introduzione storica. Hoepli. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Roncagli, Giovanni (1900). Giovanni Roncagli,... L'Italia in casa e fuori... carte e cartine... con indice completo dei nomi e brevi note geografico-statistiche. U. Hoepli. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Roncagli, Giovanni (May 2010). Responsabilita Marittime (1906). Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 978-1-162-18873-7. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Roncagli, Giovanni (1911). Vita di mare.
- Roncagli, Giovanni (1913). Per la cartografia aereonautica. Presso La Reale Società Geographica. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Roncagli, Giovanni (1918). Le problème militaire de l'Adriatique vulgarisé. Reale societa geografica italiana. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Giovanni Roncagli (1918). Dalle origini al decreto di sovranità su la Libia. Hoepli. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Roncagli, Giovanni (1919). The strategical problem of the Adriatic: a popular explanation of Italy's defensive needs. Royal Italian Geographical Society. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Roncagli, Giovanni (1922). Un condottiero, il generale Cadorna nelle sue memorie di guerra e negli atti della Commissione d'inchiesta ... La Vita italiana. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
- Roncagli, Giovanni; Manfroni, Camillo (1926). Guerra Italo-turca: 1911–1912 : cronistoria delle operazioni navali. Dal decreto di sovranità sulla Libia alla conclusione della pace / Camillo Manfroni. U. Hoepli. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
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