24 April 1877: The cruiser Colombo repatriates the remains of Nino Bixio

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Cruiser Cristoforo Colombo (commander, ship captain Napoleone Canevaro) engaged in a circumnavigation voyage, stops in Batavia to embark on the remains of Nino Bixio that he will take to his homeland.

[Gerolamo Bixio called Nino - Genoa 2 October 1821 - Sumatra island 16 December 1873 - was one of the best known and most important Italian soldiers, politicians and patriots of the Risorgimento. After the annexation of Rome as the capital, he began a career as an entrepreneur-explorer, but died of cholera aboard the national steamship Maddaloni during a commercial crossing of the Sunda Islands, in Dutch territory]

Source: Military Navy