Luca Tarigo was a
Genoese explorer and merchant based in
Caffa in the
Crimea during the 14th century. In 1347 he travelled up the rivers Don and Volga into the
Caspian Sea.
The Italian
Navigatori class destroyer ''Luca Tarigo'', which was sunk in the
Battle of the Tarigo Convoy
The Battle of the Tarigo Convoy (sometimes referred to as the Action off Sfax) was a naval battle of World War II, part of the Battle of the Mediterranean
The Battle of the Mediterranean was the name given to the naval campaign fought in ...
in World War II was named after him.
References
*Nikolai Murzakevič: Storia delle colonie genovesi in Crimea. Genua 1992.
Explorers from the Republic of Genoa
14th-century explorers
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