| LC control no. | nr2006019641 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bove, Giacomo, 1852-1887 |
| Associated country | Italy |
| Birth date | 18520423 |
| Death date | 18870809 |
| Place of birth | Maranzana (Italy) |
| Place of death | Verona (Italy) |
| Profession or occupation | Explorers |
| Found in | Expedición a la Patagonia, 2005: t.p. (Giacomo Bove) p. 12 (b. 1852 in Maranzano de Acqui, Italy; d. 1887) LC database, July 25, 2006 (hdg.: Bove, Giacomo; Bove, Giacomo, 1852-1887; usage: Giacomo Bove) Wikipedia, July 15, 2015 (Giacomo Bove; Italian explorer; b. Maranzana, Asti, Piedmont, Apr. 23, 1852; d. Verona, Aug. 9, 1887, age 35; graduated from Naval Academy in Genoa; midshipman on scientific expedition of the Governolo to Borneo and other places in the Far East (1872-1873); sailed with Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld on the first voyage through the northeast passage (Vega expedition), 1878-1880; visited Argentina 1881-1882; planned to stop at Tierra del Fuego, circumnavigate Antarctica; shipwrecked; second expedition to Argentina in 1883; in Dec. 1885 he set out for the Congo River, sponsored by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to investigate possibility of Italian trade there; contracted fever; committed suicide due to illness) |
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