• Description: Francesco Gemelli Carreri began his around-the-world journey in 1693, returning after a five-and-a-half-year voyage. This journey, undertaken as an end in itself and carried out with makeshift means, rightfully places him in the list of globetrotters
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Italy, Italia, Italie
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1651-1725
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Francesco_Gemelli_Careri
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1526119
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Gemelli Careri F., Giro del mondo, Napoli, 1699.
Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri - Book: "Voyage du Tour du Monde" (French Translation), First Published 1719
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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