Marsigli, Luigi Ferdinando; Blackwood, Ursula

Ursula H. Blackwood conducted research into Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli in Bolgona in the 1950s.

Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli (1658-1730) was an early orientalist. He was born in Bologna He was a pioneer in map-making, oceanography, gunnery, engineering, road planning, hygiene, transport systems, education, social welfare, oriental studies, and historical and ethnographical research. Marsigli was the founder of the Academy of Sciences in Bologna in 1712.

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