Abstract
The Italian traveller Gemelli Careri dedicated on of the volumes of his Giro del Mondo to his real and/or alleged travels in China. The sources of this works are
analysed with a view to determining if Gemelli Careri’s voyages were in fact real, or totally imaginary.
analysed with a view to determining if Gemelli Careri’s voyages were in fact real, or totally imaginary.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | History of Mathematical Sciences |
Subtitle of host publication | Portugal and East Asia V – Visual and Textual Representations in Exchanges Between Europe and East Asia, 16 th -18 th Centuries |
Editors | Luís Saraiva, Catherine Jami |
Place of Publication | New Jersey |
Publisher | World Scientific |
Pages | 3-30 |
Number of pages | 27 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-981-3233-26-3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-981-3233-24-9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- China
- Seventeenth Century
- Intertextuality
- Travel Writing
- Gemelli Careri