On the island of Mozia, off of Marsala, is the G. Whitaker Museum, named for Giuseppe, or Joseph Whitaker (1850-1936), who was affectionately known as “Pip.” Pip was the son of Joseph Whitaker, Senior, an entrepreneur from West Yorkshire, England. The Whitakers, like their industrious counterparts the Woodhouses, Hopps, Inghams, and Pynes, came to Sicily in the 19th century and established successful businesses–mainly in the Marsala wine trade. Pip, among other things, was an amatuer archeologist who took a strong interest in Mozia’s Punic past and spent much of his free time unearthing the island’s ancient antiquities, now housed in Mozia’s museum.
