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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  272
• Lot Description:
  DE AMEZAGA, Comandante Carlo Viaggio di Circumnavigazione della regia corvetta "Caracciolo" (Comandante C. de Amezaga), negli anni 1881-82-83-84.
  [Roma, Forzani e Comp., 1885] Volume 1; rebound in blue half leather with grey boards; green and red spine labels, new end papers. Folding maps, engravings, lithographs 332 pp, index; untrimmed.
• Notes:
  The route of the Caracciola included the east coast of Australia, with chapters devoted to Sydney, Townsville and Thursday Island.De Amezaga was the first Italian on board the ship Caracciolo to perform the circumnavigation of the globe, collecting and describing many artefacts that can still be seen at the naval museum of Genoa. De Amezaga had travelled westward touching points such as Gibraltar, Madeira , Cape Verde, some ports of Brazil, Montevideo, ports of the South American Pacific, to then reach Tahiti, the Fiji Islands, Australia, Java, Sumatra, the Seychelles, Aden, Assab, then passing through the Suez Canal and finally arriving in Venice.
• Estimate:
  A$250 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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