Antonio Lussich

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Antonio Dionisio Lussich (Montevideo, March 23, 1848 – Montevideo, June 5, 1928) was an Uruguayan sailor, arboricultorist and writer

His father was Filip Lukšić, a Croatian Merchant sailor who arrived in Montivideo in 1840.

On October 5, 1896 he acquired 4.447 acres (1800 Hectares) of uninhabited land and there he started his masterpiece the creation of the Arboretum Lussich, a huge natural botany garden. He had a piece of his father's maritime rescue enterprise, so in 1917 he sold it so he could dedicate full time to his passion. He died in 1928 in the city of Punta del Este.