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Gemelli Careri

Gemelli Careri was an explorer, jurist, writer, historian, judge and traveler (1648–1725). He was born at Taurianova and died at Naples.

Also recorded as Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri.

Gemelli Careri in brief

Born
1648
Died
1725
Known for
explorer, jurist, writer, historian, judge and traveler
Place of birth
Taurianova
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri. His recorded languages were Latin and Italian.

Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1727 to 1972.

Travel round the world. Travels across Europe. Travels across Europe - second part. Voyage du tour du monde / traduit de l'italien de Gemelli Careri, par M.L.N. [i.e. E. le Noble or L.F. Dubois de St. Gelais]., dated 1727, held by Wellcome Collection. Colonial travelers in Latin America / edited with an introduction by Irving A. Leonard., dated [1972], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri, Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900. Voyage du docteur Jean-Francesco Gemelli Careri à la Chine, Western Books on China up to 1850 Online. Travels of Doctor John Francis Gemelli Careri in China, in 1695, Western Books on China up to 1850 Online. Gianfrancesco Gemelli-Careri: “Vagabundu, spiuni, jettaturi”, Quaderni d'italianistica, 2012. Il calabrese Gemelli Careri e il suo discusso "Giro del mondo", Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 1991. «Da natural vaghezza mosso»: Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri's Travels Through Armenia (1694), Armeniaca, 2024.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (122392450). Those registers additionally record the forms Careri, Gemelli, Gemelli Careri, Juan Francisco, Gemelli, Giovanni Francesco, Gemelli Careri, Giovanni F., Careri, Giovanni F., Careri, Giovanni Francesco Gemelli, Gemelli Careri, John Francis and Gemelli Carreri, Juan Francisco.

Digitised editions and texts

8 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Voyage du tour du monde, traduit de l'italien de Gemelli Careri, par M. L. N. Nouvelle edition augmentée sur la derniere de l'italien, & enrichie de nouvelles figures. Tome deuxieme (1776) — Internet Archive. Voyage du tour du monde, traduit de l'italien de Gemelli Careri, par M. L. N. Nouvelle edition augmentée sur la derniere de l'italien, & enrichie de nouvelles figures. Tome cinquieme (1776) — Internet Archive. Voyage du tour du monde, traduit de l'italien de Gemelli Careri, par M. L. N. Nouvelle edition augmentée sur la derniere de l'italien, & enrichie de nouvelles figures. Tome sixieme. (1776) — Internet Archive. Giro del mondo del dottor d. Gio. Francesco Gemelli Careri T. 4 (1700) — Internet Archive. Giro del mondo del dottor d. Gio. Francesco Gemelli Careri (1699) — Internet Archive. Voyage du tour du monde, traduit de l'italien de Gemelli Careri, par M. L. N. Nouvelle edition augmentée sur la derniere de l'italien, & enrichie de nouvelles figures. Tome premier (1776) — Internet Archive. Voyage du tour du monde, traduit de l'italien de Gemelli Careri, par M. L. N. Nouvelle edition augmentée sur la derniere de l'italien, & enrichie de nouvelles figures. Tome quatrieme (1776) — Internet Archive. Giro del mondo (1699) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 13 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1648Gemelli Careri born at Taurianova.
  2. 1699Giro del mondo del dottor d. Gio. Francesco Gemelli Careri digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1699Giro del mondo, Volume 1 digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1700Giro del mondo digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1700Giro del mondo del dottor d. Gio. Francesco Gemelli Careri T.6 digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1700Giro del mondo del dottor d. Gio. Francesco Gemelli Careri T. 4 digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1725Gemelli Careri died at Naples.
  8. 1727Voyage du tour du monde / traduit de l'italien de Gemelli Careri, par M.L.N. [i.e. E. le Noble or L.F. Dubois de St. Gelais]. (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 1727Voyage du tour du monde digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1728Giro del mondo del dottor d. Gio. Francesco Gemelli Careri ... Tomo primo nono Tomo ottavo contenente la seconda parte de' Viaggi d'Europa, cioè la relazione di due campagne fatte dall'autore in Ungheria per mezzo di varie lettere a varie persone indirizzate. 8 digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri, Christian-Muslim Relations 1500 - 1900

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Il calabrese Gemelli Careri e il suo discusso "Giro del mondo", Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana, 1991

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Travels of Doctor John Francis Gemelli Careri in China, in 1695, Western Books on China up to 1850 Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Voyage du docteur Jean-Francesco Gemelli Careri à la Chine, Western Books on China up to 1850 Online

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Gemelli Careri.

    open access index · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 122392450, Gemelli Careri, Giovanni Francesco.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 47 digitised items catalogued under Gemelli Careri as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Gemelli Careri.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1526119: Gemelli Careri

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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