Vittorio Bottego

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Vittorio Bottego (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈbɔtteɡo]; Parma, 29 July 1860 – Dhaga Roba, 17 March 1897) was an Italian army officer and one of the first Western explorers of Jubaland in the Horn of Africa (now part of Gidami, West Wellega Ethiopia), where he led two expeditions. He was an artillery captain in the Italian Army.

Expeditions

In his first expedition Bottego concentrated on tracing the channels of the tributaries of the

Concluding that this was not the main stream of the river, Bottego left the river in a west-south-western direction until he reached the Ganale Doria, or the main fork of the Ganale, on 16 January 1893. Sick with fever, here Bottego was left by Grixoni who marched for the coast on 15 February with 30 men. Four days after Grixoni left, Bottego pushed inland as far as Mount Fakes, but unwilling to encounter raiding parties of the Ethiopians, he returned to the camp where Grixoni had left him. Bottego then crossed the tract separating him from the Dawa, and ascended that river until lack of provisions compelled him to retrace his steps. His party reached the Ganale Doria once more after six forced marches, in the course of which eleven men died of hunger. Two more died in camp from exhaustion, and two were drowned while hunting hippopotamuses.^[1]

In his second expedition (1895–1897), Bottego ventured into the then unknown region of the upper Juba,

He then tried to return through

Species named after Bottego

Bottego is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of lizards as well as one subspecies of turtle:

Bottego is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of fishes: Neobola bottegoi ^[4] and Labeo bottegi.^[5]

Selected writings

• Viaggi di scoperta nel cuore dell'Africa (1895).
• L'esplorazione del Giuba (1895).

See also

• Dima-Bottego language

Bibliography

• Bianchedi, Luca (2010). Un destino africano. L'avventura di Vittorio Bottego. Rome: Pagine.

References