Guedes Rodrigues' Private Collection
Lot 26:
METHODO do Capitão Cook com o Qual Preservava a Saúde dos seus Marinheiros. Traduzido do Original Inglez. Lisboa: Na Regia Officina Typografica, 1795.
16 pp.; 200 mm.
Very rare and very interesting work, containing the Portuguese translation of the methods used by Captain James Cook in his exploration voyages to prevent diseases among his sailors, a method that was implemented with great success at the time.
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