About Augusto Vittorio Vecchi
Lived 1842 – 1932 (aged 89). Augusto Vittorio Vecchi was an Italian writer, historian, sailor and naval officer.
Augusto Vittorio Vècchi (22 December 1842, Marseille – 6 September 1932, Forte dei Marmi), known under the pseudonym Jack La Bolina, was an officer in the Regia Marina (Italian navy) and a writer on maritime subjects. He has been called "the Italian Captain Marryat".
Biography Vecchi graduated from the Regia Scuola di Marina di Genoa (Royal Naval School Genoa) and became a midshipman in 1861. He became a sub-lieutenant in 1863 and a lieutenant in 1866. He participated in the Battle of Lissa in 1866 and resigned from the Regia Marina in 1872.
Vecchi was an editor for Caffaro; giornale politico quotidiano and the Roman newspaper Fanfulla. In 1879 he founded the Regio Yacht Club Italiano.
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Italian writer (1842-1932)
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Augusto Vittorio Vecchi was born on 22 December 1842 in Marseille.
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Augusto Vittorio Vecchi died on 6 September 1932 in Forte dei Marmi.
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Augusto Vittorio Vecchi was a writer, historian, sailor and naval officer.
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Augusto Vittorio Vecchi was Italian.
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