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Compendio de observaçoens, : que fórmaõ o plano da viagem politica, e filosofica, que se deve fazer dentra da patria. Dedicado a Sua Alteza Real o Serenissimo Principe do Brasil

by: Sá, José Antonio de, d. 1819

Publication date: 1783

Topics: Natural history, Mines and mineral resources, Silk industry, Imprint 1783

Publisher: Lisboa : Na officina de Francisco Borges de Sousa

Collection: jcbportugalbrazil; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: Portuguese

"Parte I. Da utilidade da viagem: necessidade, que tem Portugal de ser viajado: e da economia", p. 1-44, discusses the riches and resources of Portugal in relation to other nations; includes references to minerals and spices from Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Brazil, and the Azores

"Parte II. Das obrigaçoens do viajante na viagem politica, e filosofica", p. 45-162, discusses the knowledge needed by the traveller to other parts of the Portuguese empire, and animal and vegetable resources of those colonies

"Parte III. De preparar, e remetter os productos naturaes para o Museo Nacional", p. 163-197, discusses the sending of natural specimens to the national museum

"Advertencias ao viajante. Dos instrumentos, que devem levar-se em huma viagem", p. 199-211, discusses practical advice to the traveller; also includes a section on the author's visit to the silk factory near Bragança

Signatures: *A-P (N4, O3 versos blank) Q (Q6 blank)

Engraved head and tail pieces; initials

Silva, I.F. da. Bib. portuguez

Silva, I.F. da. Bib. portuguez

Silva, I.F. da. Bib. portuguez

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund