Alberto Maria De Agostini
Alberto Maria De Agostini SDB (born November 2, 1883 in Pollone , † December 25, 1960 in Turin ) was an Italian Salesian of Don Bosco and missionary , who was also known as a passionate mountaineer, researcher, geographer, ethnographer, photographer and film documentary.
Life
His older brother Giovanni was the founder of the De Agostini Geographic Institute in Novara .
After he entered the order of the Salesians of Don Bosco and was ordained a priest in 1909, he lived from 1910 as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia between Chile and Argentina. He was the first to climb some peaks and glaciers there. Others were named after him after he discovered them.
In January / February 1931 he, Egidio Feruglio and the mountain guides Croux and Bron were the first to cross the Campo de Hielo Sur , starting from Lago Viedma (Argentina) to the Patagonian Tunnels of the Pacific Ocean and back.
The missionary had a deep connection with the residents of the Tierra de Fuego, especially the Selknam .
He left 22 books and written works in Italian, German and Spanish, a collection of several hundred photographs and a documentary film, each about Patagonia and Tierra de Fuego as well as the locals.
After returning to Italy, he died on Christmas Day 1960 in Turin.
effect
The fjord he discovered in 1913 ( Agostini Fjord ) and the Alberto de Agostini National Park in the western part of the Tierra del Fuego, where the De Agostini glacier is located, was named after him .
Works
- Ten years in Tierra del Fuego: discoveries and experiences , Leipzig 1924; 2nd edition 1953
- I miei viaggi nella Terra del Fuoco , Turin 1928
- Terre Magellaniche , 1933 (documentary)
- La processione di Fontanamora sui monti di Oropa , 1933 (documentary film)
- Ande Patagoniche - viaggi di esplorazione nella Cordigliera Patagonica australe , Milan 1949
- Trenta anni nella Terra del Fuoco , Turin 1955
- Sfingi di ghiaccio , Turin 1958
- Ai limiti del mondo. Alberto M. De Agostini in Patagonia e Terra del Fuoco , 1999 (pictures)
- La naturaleza en la America austral. Alberto M. De Agostini , 2000 (pictures)
- In processione sui monti di Oropa . Testimonianze di Alberto Maria De Agostini, 2006 (pictures)
Web links
- De Agostini and Patagonia ( Memento of January 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
- De Agostini, the priest, photographer and researcher (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | De Agostini, Alberto Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | de Agostini, Alberto María (Spanish spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian religious (Salesian Don Bosco) and missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pollone |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1960 |
| Place of death | Turin |