L’emigrazione da La Maddalena all’America Latina durante il Regno di Sardegna e nei primi anni dell’Italia unita. Spunti per una ricerca

Authors

  • Martino CONTU

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19248/ammentu.254

Keywords:

Migration to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, La Maddalena island, population, navy, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Legion

Abstract

By tracing back the dynamics of the population of La Maddalena island, in particular, in relation to the flows coming from other islands in the Mediterranean, such as Corsica, Capraia, Ponza and Procida, this essay describes the migration flow coming from the little insula heading straight to Latin America during the Kingdom of Sardinia and the first years of the Kingdom of Italy. Those migrants where mostly sailors and naval officers. Some of them, under the lead of Giuseppe Garibaldi, fought in the ranks of the Italian Legion in Brazil and Uruguay, while others put roots in Argentina, staying in the navy, where they developed the main activity that had been carried out by the men of La Maddalena island during the 19th century.

Published

2017-12-29

Issue

Section

DOSSIER - Tra Americhe e Africa: storie di percorsi di migrazione

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