Antonio Baldaci (Baldacci, 1867-1950), Italian botanist and geographer, academic, died in Bologna (Italy). Since the end of the 19th century, he began to do research in the Balkans (in Dalmatia, Montenegro, Albania and Greece). He published articles and books related to Albania on economic, political, geographical, botanical and ethnographic issues. Among them, the main one is the work ” Albanesi speciali study” in three volumes (“Special Albanian studies”, 1932-1937). For geography, ” Itinerari albanesi” (“Albanian Itinerary”, 1892-1902), ” Nuove carte dell’Albania” (“New maps of Albania”, 1914), ” Albania ” (“Albania”, 1929) are of interest. His studies on Albania and other Balkan countries have a descriptive character, contain valuable data on the economic-social and demographic situation of Albania and are also related to the growing interest of the Italian state in the eastern coast of the Adriatic. (In the photo: Antonio Baldaci)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 1 , Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2008, page 161.
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