Somalia, Libia, Eritrea, Etiopia, Dodecaneso.

The history of Italian colonies taken off in the second half of 1800. He had just reached the national unity when the eyes of Italians turned to Africa, a little 'for the glorious memories of Rome, but also for the same geographical position of Italy, stretching across to the Mediterranean, and stories of the early pioneers between 1870 and 85 explored the coastline of the continent. The time was not ripe for military action in style, also due to the obstruction of other powers (primarily Britain and France) that also affected the African coast, several delayed the start of a fifteen years' concrete action. So for more than fifteen years, the Italian expansion in Africa was initiated only by a handful of precursors. Were those, even companies with the spirit of the Risorgimento, initiated by people who felt it difficult to hang the gun on the wall. The adventurers who sailed to the Red Sea and they blazed the first trails on the maps of the Sudan and Ethiopia were almost all in the ranks of Garibaldi, and were now reluctant to accept a government job or garrison life. officers who planted a brilliant career, engineers, doctors , industrialists, traders, artisans and common people left en masse to Africa. Indeed Umbertino army became even compete to participate in expeditions, left the flower of youth, driven by the fascination of adventure and the lure of the romance of the land that time called the "black sphinx. Many of them never returned, others gain experience for future events. These first "African" are still the vanguard of generations of fighters who took turns in the future colonial armies. At the end of 1884, Italy decided to set foot in Africa militarily, led by Britain and backed by the Italian to stem the rampant religious revolt in Sudan, but also alarmed by the intentions of France to settle the Eritrean coast. With the occupation of Massawa (February 5, 1885) began the Italian colonial adventure. In the following years employment extended: apart from Eritrea and Ethiopia, became Italian colonies, Somalia, Libya and the islands of 'Aegean

 
Size 17 x 24 cm
Pages 496
Sover 1500 photos in b / w and colour
Binder and laminated cardboard

edition 2006