Gemelli Careri

Deceased Person

1651 – 1725

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Who was Gemelli Careri?

Giovanni Francesco Gemelli Careri was a seventeenth-century Italian adventurer and traveler. He was among the first Europeans to tour the world by securing passage on ships involved in the carrying trade; his travels, undertaken for pleasure rather than profit, may have inspired Around the World in Eighty Days. Some suspected him of spying for the Vatican on his journey.

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Born
1651
Calabria
Died
1725

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on July 23, 2013

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