Description
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- pelo doutor José Antonio de Sá oppositor as codeirs de leis da Universidade de Coimbra, a correspondente da Academia das Sciencias de Lisboa.
- "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.
Citation
"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
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(1783).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:577204/
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