An Italian expedition to the Rwenzori Mountains

DE FILIPPI Filippo.

Africa. Catena del Ruwenzori Posizione delle Punte Nevose e delle Valli Adiacenti.
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1908. Colour lithograph. Printed area 470 x 420mm.

A map of the expedition through the Rwenzori Mountains by Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, 1906. He scaled sixteen summits in the range; one of them, Mount Luigi di Savoia, is named after him. Amedeo (1873-1933), mountaineer and Arctic explorer, climbed on four continents, including the first ascent of Mount Saint Elias in America and Chogolisa in the Karakoram, on which he set a world altitude record.
This map was published in De Filippi's 'Il Ruwenzori. Viaggio di esplorazione e prime ascensioni delle più alte vette nella catena nevosa situata fra i grandi laghi equatoriali dell’Africa Centrale'.


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