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Pietro Savorgnan di Brazzà

Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza

Pietro Brazza Savorgnan was born in Castel­gan­dolfo, near Rome, in an aris­to­cratic Roman fam­ily, on jan­u­ary 26th 1852. After study­ing in Paris, he enrolled in the French Navy­with the admi­ral Mon­taignac recom­man­da­tion. Poorly noticed and sub­jected to hos­til­ity from other naval … Con­tinue read­ing