The Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian mountaineer and explorer, c1910s(?). Artist: Unknown

The Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian mountaineer and explorer, c1910s(?). Artist: Unknown

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The Duke of the Abruzzi, Italian mountaineer and explorer, c1910s(?). Luigi Amedeo Giuseppe Maria Ferdinando Francesco (1873-1933), son of Amadeo I, King of Spain, made the first ascent of Mount Saint Elias (Alaska-Yukon) in 1897 and in 1909 led an expedition to K2 in the Karakorum. In the First World War he served as an Admiral in the Italian Navy.

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