Title

The Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian mountaineer and explorer, c1910s(?). Artist: Unknown

Caption

The Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian mountaineer and explorer, c1910s(?). Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco (1873-1933), son of Amadeo I, King of Spain, made the first ascent of Mount Saint Elias (Alaska-Yukon) in 1897 and in 1909 led an expedition to K2 in the Karakorum. In the First World War he served as an Admiral in the Italian Navy.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1910

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C58_125

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,5Mb) / 11,2in x 17,4in / 3346 x 5225 (300dpi)

Keywords

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