Le premier Italien au cap Nord : le père Francesco Negri (1663-1666)
Francesco Negri, a priest from the town of Ravenna, was the first Italian traveller to reach the North Pole in 1666. His travel stories, “Viaggio Settentrionale”, were very innovative considering the period in which he wrote them and especially considering the type of travel he wrote about. Francesc...
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ftopenedition:oai:books.openedition.org:pur/117098 2023-05-15T16:31:26+02:00 Le premier Italien au cap Nord : le père Francesco Negri (1663-1666) Grillo Orlandini, Alessandra 2019-07-18 http://books.openedition.org/pur/117098 fr fre Presses universitaires de Rennes urn:doi:10.4000/books.pur.117098 http://books.openedition.org/pur/117098 urn:isbn:9782753520707 urn:eisbn:9782753568938 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Scandinavie Groenland Sibérie histoire des représentations Nord stéréotype monde nordique History HIS010000 HBJD info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart chapter 2019 ftopenedition https://doi.org/10.4000/books.pur.117098 2019-07-21T00:12:59Z Francesco Negri, a priest from the town of Ravenna, was the first Italian traveller to reach the North Pole in 1666. His travel stories, “Viaggio Settentrionale”, were very innovative considering the period in which he wrote them and especially considering the type of travel he wrote about. Francesco Negri was the only traveller who had stayed in Nordic countries for a period of three years, travelling the length and breadth of the interior regions, as well as the coast and making contact with Laplanders whose culture charmed the Italian priest, as he was already passionate and curious about the diversity of the world. Composed of eight letters, his travel writing describes Lapland and the customs of its inhabitants, with several illustrations and many quotations taken from classical Latin authors, as well as from Nordic writers who were contemporaries of Negri. These quotes testify to the thoroughness of the research carried out by the priest, both when he was already on site (where he learned several facts about the local culture through Norwegian priests who gave him accommodation) and after he returned to Italy. Book Part Groenland North Pole Lapland OpenEdition North Pole Traveller ENVELOPE(-48.533,-48.533,61.133,61.133) 35 52 |
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Francesco Negri, a priest from the town of Ravenna, was the first Italian traveller to reach the North Pole in 1666. His travel stories, “Viaggio Settentrionale”, were very innovative considering the period in which he wrote them and especially considering the type of travel he wrote about. Francesco Negri was the only traveller who had stayed in Nordic countries for a period of three years, travelling the length and breadth of the interior regions, as well as the coast and making contact with Laplanders whose culture charmed the Italian priest, as he was already passionate and curious about the diversity of the world. Composed of eight letters, his travel writing describes Lapland and the customs of its inhabitants, with several illustrations and many quotations taken from classical Latin authors, as well as from Nordic writers who were contemporaries of Negri. These quotes testify to the thoroughness of the research carried out by the priest, both when he was already on site (where he learned several facts about the local culture through Norwegian priests who gave him accommodation) and after he returned to Italy. |
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Le premier Italien au cap Nord : le père Francesco Negri (1663-1666) |
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Le premier Italien au cap Nord : le père Francesco Negri (1663-1666) |
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Le premier Italien au cap Nord : le père Francesco Negri (1663-1666) |
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Le premier Italien au cap Nord : le père Francesco Negri (1663-1666) |
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