Carlo Rossetti (1876–1948) was the second Italian consul to Korea, serving from November 1902 to May 1903.
Before being posted to the consulate in Seoul, he was a lieutenant in the Italian Royal Navy.
While in Korea, he took photographs of Korean people in various capacities, the first such produced by a Westerner according to Lucio Izzo, director of the Italian Cultural Institute.
[1] Upon his return to Italy in 1904, he wrote and talked about his time in Korea.
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