Vimercati, Cesare
Cesare Vimercati (fl. c. 1840 - 1870) was an Italian author, journalist, historian, and publisher active in the mid to late 19th century. He was the son of the Milanese mandolin virtuoso Pietro Vimercati (Milan; 1779 - 1850), himself the son of famous instrument maker Gaspare Vimercati.. During the Oriental Crises of 1840 he was an embedded journalist in Ottoman Syria, sailing there with the Austrian Frigate La Guerriera.
Vector for the resurgence of Italian maritime power.
Panorama del Basso-Ecitto Canale Artificale di Suez edito per cura del Cre. Cesare Vimercati e dedicato a Sua Maestà.
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A striking 1869 chromolithograph view of the Suez Canal and the Nile Delta, Egypt. The view was issued in Florence by Cesare Vimercati to promote the canal as a vector for Italian resurgence as a maritime power. (more details)