Ermanno Stradelli
Illustration — A portrait of Ermanno Stradelli Ermanno Stradelli (1852 - 24 March 1926) was an Italian explorer, researcher and photographer. He was the first person to photograph the Amazon, arriving in Brazil in 1879. His journey has been captured in the book 'The Only Possible Life: Itineraries of Ermanno Stradelli in Amazonia' by Livia Raponi.
Ermanno Stradelli
Ermanno Stradelli · Article about the author · Public domain
- Born
- 1852 · Borgo Val di Taro.
- Died
- 1926 · Manaus.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy · Brazil
- Occupation
- explorer · photographer · geographer · traveler · anthropologist · discoverer · ethnologist · linguist
- Fields
- travel · geography · photography · anthropology
- Education
- University of Pisa
- Languages
- Portuguese · Italian
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Illustration — A portrait of Ermanno Stradelli Ermanno Stradelli (1852 - 24 March 1926) was an Italian explorer, researcher and photographer. He was the first person to photograph the Amazon, arriving in Brazil in 1879. His journey has been captured in the book 'The Only Possible Life: Itineraries of Ermanno Stradelli in Amazonia' by Livia Raponi.
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The Legend of Jurupari
The Legend of Jurupari
The Legend of Jurupari (La Leggenda del Jurupary) is an Amazonian founding mythical tale that is known from the transcription made from the version told at the end of the 19th century by the Brazilian indigenous Maximiano José Roberto and translated into Italian by Stradelli. It is one of the great pre-Columbian texts that have survived along with the Popol Vuh.
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Ermanno Stradelli – pioneering photographer in the Amazon rainforest at Cultural Institute in Rio de Janeiro, 2019
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Ermanno Stradelli is recorded with the occupation anthropologist. Recorded as explorer, photographer, geographer, traveler and anthropologist.
Desenhos rupestres reproduzidos por Ermanno Stradelli, encontrados junto ao rio Uaupés, afluente do rio Negro, e publicado na revista da Società Geografica Italiana de 1890.
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1852
Ermanno Stradelli was born on 8 December 1852.
1926
Ermanno Stradelli died on 21 March 1926.
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- 1.Ermanno Stradelli, l'esploratore dimenticato dall'Italia che fotografò per primo gli indios dell'Amazzonia. la Repubblica. 2019-12-12.
- 2.The Amazon Rainforest: an exhibition on Italian pioneer, Ermanno Stradelli. www.esteri.it.
- 3.THE ONLY POSSIBLE LIFE: ITINERARIES OF ERMANNO STRADELLI IN AMAZONIA. Latin American University Presses Rights Catalog.
- 4.La Leggenda del Jurupary. Instituto Socioambiental (ISA).
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