| LC control no. | n 00041559 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Gessi, Romolo, 1831-1881 |
| Variant(s) | Gessi Pasha, 1831-1881 |
| Associated country | Italy Egypt Sudan Uganda |
| Birth date | 1831 |
| Death date | 1881 |
| Place of death | Suez (Egypt) |
| Profession or occupation | Soldiers Governors Explorers |
| Found in | Zaccaria, Massimo. Il flagello degli schiavisti, 1999: t.p. (Romolo Gessi) p. 5 (b. April 30, 1831 in Constantinople; d. April 30, 1881) Wikipedia, Apr. 4, 2014 (Romolo Gessi, also called Gessi Pasha; Italian soldier and explorer of northeast Africa, esp. Sudan and the Nile River; b. in Ravenna, in Romagna; gained military experience serving in volunteer corps of Garibaldi 1859-1860; fought with British in the Crimean War; explored the upper Nile under General Gordon, 1876; explored Oromo territory; became governor of the Egyptian Bahr-el-Ghazal province, where he fought against the slave trade; d. shortly after return to Suez, May 1, 1881) Britannica Academic Edition online, Apr. 4, 2014 (Romolo Gessi; b. Apr. 30, 1881, Constantinople; d. May 30, 1881, Suez, Egypt; first person to circumnavigate and map Lake Albert Nyanza, in Uganda) |
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