Augusto Vittorio Vecchi

Augusto Vittorio Vècchi (22 December 1842, Marseille – 6 September 1932, Forte dei Marmi), known under the pseudonym Jack La Bolina, was an officer in the Regia Marina (Italian navy) and a writer on maritime subjects. He has been called "the Italian Captain Marryat".
Biography.
Vecchi graduated from the "Regia Scuola di Marina di Genoa" (Royal Naval School Genoa) and became a midshipman in 1861. He became a sub-lieutenant in 1863 and a lieutenant in 1866. He participated in the Battle of Lissa in 1866 and resigned from the Regia Marina in 1872.
Vecchi was an editor for "Caffaro; giornale politico quotidiano" and the Roman newspaper "Fanfulla". In 1879 he founded the "Regio Yacht Club Italiano".