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<dl><dd>"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</dd>
<dd>"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</dd>
<dd>"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</dd>
<dd>"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</dd>
<dd>Signatures: *A-P (N4, O3 versos blank) Q (Q6 blank)</dd>
<dd>Engraved head and tail pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Silva, I.F. da. Bib. portuguez</dd>
<dd>Silva, I.F. da. Bib. portuguez</dd>
<dd>Silva, I.F. da. Bib. portuguez</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Natural history; Mines and mineral resources; Silk industry; Imprint 1783</div>
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Sá, José Antonio de, d. 1819</div>
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