O texto propõe-se descrever, comentar e comparar as duas experiências de viajantes italianos na Amazônia entre os séculos XIX e XX. Trata-se das explorações e das atividades de Ermanno Stradelli, etnólogo que viveu e trabalhou na Amazônia de 1879 a 1926, e da missão exploradora de Gregório Ronca, oficial da Marinha italiana que, em 1904, viajou para as Antilhas, às Guianas, à Amazônia, subindo o rio Amazonas de Belém para Manaus e Iquitos, para avaliar os interesses comerciais da Itália, e para encontrar as comunidades italianas naquelas cidades.
The intervention is intended to describe, comment and compare the experiences of two Italian travellers in Amazonas between the Eighteenth and the Nineteenth Centuries. The explorations and acts of Ermanno Stradelli, ethnologist who was been living and working in Amazonas since 1879 to 1926, and the explorative mission of Gregorio Ronca, Italian Navy’s officer, who in 1904 travelled from the Antilles to the Guyanas and Amazonas, going up the Amazon from Belém to Manaus and Iquitos, in order to enquiry on commercial Italian interests and to meet Italian communities in those towns
GREGÓRIO RONCA E ERMANNO STRADELLI: OFICIAL DA MARINHA E ANTROPÓLOGO NA AMAZÔNIA
CAPPELLI, Vittorio Maria
2012-01-01
Abstract
The intervention is intended to describe, comment and compare the experiences of two Italian travellers in Amazonas between the Eighteenth and the Nineteenth Centuries. The explorations and acts of Ermanno Stradelli, ethnologist who was been living and working in Amazonas since 1879 to 1926, and the explorative mission of Gregorio Ronca, Italian Navy’s officer, who in 1904 travelled from the Antilles to the Guyanas and Amazonas, going up the Amazon from Belém to Manaus and Iquitos, in order to enquiry on commercial Italian interests and to meet Italian communities in those townsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
