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Careri, Gemelli

(Taurianova 1651-1725 Neapel) : Reisender, Jurist

Name Alternative(s)

Careri, Giovanni Francesco Gemelli
Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco

Subjects

History : China - Europe : Italy / Index of Names : Occident / Travel and Legation Accounts

Chronology Entries (3)

# Year Text Linked Data
1 1695 Angebliche Audienz des Weltreisenden Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri beim Kaiser von China.
  • Document: Walravens, Hartmut. China illustrata : das europäische Chinaverständnis im Spiegel des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts. (Weinheim : Acta Humaniora, 1987). (Ausstellungskataloge der Herzog August Bibliothek ; Nr. 55). Ausstellung im Zeughaus der Herzog August Bibliothek vom 21. März bis 23. August 1987. Ausstellung und Katalog : Hartmut Walravens ; mit einem Beitrag von David E. Mungello. (Wal 1, Publication)
2 1699 Careri, Giovanni Francesco Gemelli. Giro del mondo [ID D22656].
Francis Wilson : Careri sounds a particularly self-conscious note in describing Canton as a city with one million inhabitants, 'which to Europeans will sound like a fable', adding 'they may believe what they loke'. Later this predominantly level-headed observer, an Italian lawyer travelling to improve his education, is similarly uneasy about communicating population figures for Nanking (30 million) and China as a whole (300 million). However, when told the Great Canal 'makes that vast Empire navigable from one end to the other', exceeding '1800 miles', the jurist reveals no trace of scepticism in his assessment : 'This was certainly a greater and more wonderful work, than all those antient ones we are told of the Romans, Persians, Assyrians, or other former Monarchies'. Careri's capacity for awe is confirmed by a chapter of promiscously-recorded numerical data, across a range of categories, including such examples of social distinction.
  • Document: Wilson, Francis. The dar side of utopia : misanthropy and the Chinese prelude to Defoe's lunar journey. In : Comparative critical studies ; vol. 4.2 (2007). (DefD3, Publication)
3 1719 Careri, Gemelli. Giro del mondo del dottor D. Gio. (Venezia : Presso G. Malachin, a spese di G. Maffei, 1719).

Bibliography (2)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1699-1700 Careri, Giovanni Francesco Gemelli. Giro del mondo. (Napoli : Giuseppe Roselli, 1699-1700). Vol. 4 : Cina. [Bericht der Reise 1693].
https://archive.org/details/girodelmondodeld01geme.
= Careri, Gemelli. A voyage round the world. (London : J. Walthoe, 1732). Vol. 4 : China.
https://archive.org/stream/cihm_14052/cihm_14052_djvu.txt. 		Publication / CarG1
2 1704 A Collection of voyages and travels : some now first printed from original manuscripts : others translated out of foreign languages and now first publish'd in English : to which are added some few that have formerly appear'd in English. Compiled by Awnsham and John Churchill. Vol. 1-4. (London : Printed for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704).
[Enthält] :
Introduction : Locke, John. The whole history of navigation from its original to this time.
Vol. 1. Navarette, Dominic Fernandez. An account of the empire of China, historical, political, moral, and religious. Übersetzung von Navarette, Domingo Fernandez de. Tratados historicos, politicos, y religiosos de la monarchia de China.
Vol. 2 : Nieuhoff, John. John Nieuhoff's remarkable voyages and travels into Brazil and the best parts of the East-Indies. Übersetzung von Neuhof, Johann [Nieuhof, Johan]. Die Gesandtschaft der Ost-Indischen Geselschaft in den Vereinigten Niederländern.
Vol. 3 : Baldaeus, Philip. Sir William Monson's naval tracts : a true and exact description of the most celebrated East-India coast of Malabar and Coromandel, and of the island of Ceylon, with all the adjacent countries.
Vol. 4 : Careri, John Francis Gemelli. A voyage round the world. Übersetzung von Careri, Giovanni Francesco Gemelli. Giro del mondo.
https://archive.org/details/collectionofvoya03chur. 		Publication / Chur2