A.V. - Esploratori, Geografi e Viaggiatori tra Ottocento e Novecento: Deserti di ghiaccio, Oceani di sabbia - 1936-2011

Explorers, Geographers and Travelers between the 19th and 20th Century - the lot includes:

Leonardo Bonzi: Deserts of Ice, Oceans of Sand – Four Expeditions, Two Hundred Photographs - Expeditions: in Persia, Greenland, the Middle Atlas, an aerial crossing of the Sahara – Milan, Ulrico Hoepli 1936.
In 4to, 20 x 26 cm, editorial soft cover, 234 (2) pages, 200 b/w photographs on glossy paper, four maps and a plate with the profiles in outline of some Iranian peaks, text: Italian. Soft cover with some light signs of wear to the edges, a note in red pencil at the bottom of the first map (see photo), otherwise in excellent condition.
The volume documents the extraordinary ventures and scientific-mountaineering expeditions carried out by Bonzi in the first half of the Thirties. The Persia expedition (1933): an aerial journey aboard a Caproni 101 aircraft, carried out together with the famous geologist Ardito Desio for an exploratory and mountaineering campaign. The Greenland expedition: a polar adventure conducted with four fellow climbers to map and scale still uninvited and unknown peaks. The Middle Atlas expedition (1934): a mission in Morocco aimed at demonstrating the possibility of high-altitude skiing on the African continent. The aerial crossing of the Sahara (1935): a bold aviator feat that united his passion for flight with that for geographical exploration of the hot deserts.
Count Leonardo Bonzi (1902–1977) was a true “Renaissance man” of the 20th century, capable of excelling in many fields:
Olympic athlete and champion: competed as a bobsledder at the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix in 1924 (where he was also the flag bearer for Italy) and was repeatedly Italian tennis champion, competing at Wimbledon and Roland Garros.
Aviator ace: decorated military pilot during World War II, in the postwar period he carried out historic humanitarian oceanic flights (such as the Milano–Buenos Aires flight on the aircraft “Angel of the Children” to raise funds for Don Gnocchi’s disabled children).
Film producer: won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1955 for the documentary Lost Continent and a Donatello Award for The Great Wall.
The book today represents a precious and rare testimony of the great era of Italian explorations between the two wars.
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Hic Sunt Leones – Explorers, Geographers and Travelers between the 19th and 20th Century – edited by Paola Visentini – Udine, Friulian Museum of Natural History 2011
Square 4to, 25.3 x 25.3 cm, editorial soft cover with flaps, 311 pages, hundreds of photographs and black-and-white illustrations, inside the large manifesto (67.5 x 97) of the exhibition held in Udine from 12 November 2011 to 15 April 2012, text: Italian, intact cover, well-sewn soft cover, inner pages clean without creases or stains, in excellent condition.

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