Un panorama etnografico del “mondo” e della sua rappresentazione nei "Ragionamenti" di Francesco Carletti

An ethnographic overview of the “world” and its representation in Francesco Carletti's "Ragionamenti”

  • Elisabetta Colla Lisbon University - School of Arts and Humanities
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7410/1693
Keywords: Ethnoscape, Francesco Carletti, Hodoeporics, Italian, Italiano, Etnorama, Odepori

Abstract

L'obiettivo di questo saggio è quello di ripercorrere la percezione del panorama etnografico del mondo attraverso la descrizione che Francesco Carletti (1594-1606) ci ha lasciato nei suoi "Ragionamenti del mio viaggio intorno al mondo" (ca. XVII sec.). Il suo resoconto delle "cose fatte e vedute" fu scritto e supportato dall'utilizzo di altre fonti quali - ad esempio - "Le Devisement du Monde" di Marco Polo (1254-1324), l'Atlas Sinicus e la grande compilazione storico-geografica cinquecentesca di Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557). La ricca e bella panoramica dei popoli incontrati durante il suo viaggio intorno al mondo fornisce una delle prime testimonianze di una mappa globale della geografia umana a cavallo tra Rinascimento e Barocco.

The aim of this paper is to trace the perception of the ethnographic panorama of the world through the description that Francesco Carletti (1594-1606) left in his “Ragionamenti del mio viaggio intorno al mondo” (ca. XVII c.). His account of “things done and seen” was written and supported by the use of sources such as – for example - “Le Devisement du Monde” by Marco Polo (1254-1324), the Atlas Sinicus and the sixteenth century historical-geographical compilation by Giovanni Battista Ramusio (1485-1557). The rich and beautiful overview of the people he met along his journey around the world provides one of the early witnesses of a global map of human geography in-between the Renaissance and the Baroque.

Author Biography

Elisabetta Colla, Lisbon University - School of Arts and Humanities

Assistant Professor in the Asian Studies graduate programme at the School of Arts and Humanities of Lisbon University (FLULisboa). PhD candidate in Archaeology and Pre-history programme at FLULisboa She holds a PhD in Studies of Culture obtained from the (FCH-UCP, Lisboa), a Master’s degree in Asian Studies (FLUPorto), a postgraduate degree in Modern Chinese Studies from the (ISCSP - ULisboa), a Master’s degree (Laurea) in Oriental Languages and Literatures from “Ca’Foscari” University and a diploma in Chinese Language and Culture from the former Beijing Languages Institute. She is an integrated member of the CH-ULisboa, CECC-UCP, UNIARQ and General Secretary of ACN-Europe.

Published
2024-06-30
Issue
RiMe 14/II n.s. (June 2024)
Section
RiMe 14/II n.s. (June 2024)
Copyright (c) 2024 Elisabetta Colla

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