Esploratori italiani nell'Africa orientale fra il 1870 ed il 1930. Missioni scientifiche con raccolte botaniche, rilievi geografici ed etnografici. 2005. (Centro Studi Erbario Tropicale, Firenze, Public. 104). illus. (many col.) 142 p. gr8vo., Hardcover. - In Italian.

The Erbario Tropicale is particularly rich in plants of Tropical EastAfrica, Somalia and Ethopia (including Eritrea) in the first place.Its most valuable historical stock, including many type specimens, is due to the exploration of these countries by Italian naturalists between1870 and 1930. To them the present volume is devoted. A biographical note is devoted to each of 16 protagonists of 11 botanical expeditions of that period. There are well known botanistsamong them, such as Odoardo Beccari, Achille Terracciano, AdrianoFiori and Emilio Chiovenda. Mapped itineraries have been prepared foreach expedition, and many interesting archival documents, includingphotographs, are reproduced, complemented with modern colour photographsby the second author.