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Naples, Felice Mosca, 1721. In 8°. Woodcut brand on the title page, initials engraved in wood, woodworm work restored on the inner margin of the first and last leaves, small woodworm work on some leaves, slight foxing, coeval parchment binding, lack on the corner of the back plate, slight defects . § Capitaine Basil-Hall, Voyage dans les Etats-Unis de l'Amérique du Nord, et dans le Haut et le Bas-Canada, Brussels, Dumont, 1835 Slight browning, rare slight foxing, original paperback preserved in a modern red cloth binding, author and title embossed in gold on the spine, slight defects on the paperbacks.
Specialist Notes
I operate: L' work is full of detailed descriptions and, although the criticisms received immediately regarding the veracity of the journey had highlighted passages probably copied from other publications to illustrate countries and events, it is the expression of a real and incredible journey by the author supported by detailed testimonies and incontrovertible. Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri (Radicena RC 1648- Naples 1724) in 1685 made his first trip to Europe which lasted 6 months in which he participated in the war against the Turks in Hungary.
On 13 June 1693 he undertook the world tour that made him famous passing through Egypt, Turkey, Armenia, Persia then arriving in India then in China and the Philippines always to the great amazement of the Jesuit fathers present. He reached Mexico and then Havana from where the return journey to Europe began. The world tour ended in Naples on December 4, 1698. The 6 volumes of the adventurous travel story immediately met with great success, so much so that the first edition was followed by 7 in Italian, one in English and one in French.
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On 13 June 1693 he undertook the world tour that made him famous passing through Egypt, Turkey, Armenia, Persia then arriving in India then in China and the Philippines always to the great amazement of the Jesuit fathers present. He reached Mexico and then Havana from where the return journey to Europe began. The world tour ended in Naples on December 4, 1698. The 6 volumes of the adventurous travel story immediately met with great success, so much so that the first edition was followed by 7 in Italian, one in English and one in French.
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