Nautical Log of the Yacht "Amélia" - Oceanographic Campaign of 1897

By publishing the Nautical Diary of Yacht Amélia, a document written and illustrated by King D. Carlos, the Navy simultaneously reveals the Man of Science and the Man of Arts, based on the record of the Oceanographic Campaign carried out in 1897. Lisbon; Instituto Hidrográfico printing works; Folio of XXVII, (3) pages and (12) folios; Illustrated; Bound

First edition of this work with a declared print run of 4500 unnumbered copies.

The introduction is printed in continuous text and the studies in two columns. It contains an introduction to the work, two studies on the author: "D. Carlos de Bragança, naturalist and oceanographer" by Mário Ruivo, Deputy Director of the Institute of Marine Biology, and "D. Carlos de Bragança, Artist" by Maria de Lourdes Bartholo, Director of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, followed by the facsimile of the handwritten, watercoloured diary, containing photogravures and lists of catches by the king and researcher, between May 5 and 29, 1897, collected in the Sesimbra and Tróia areas. Publisher's cardboard binding, decorated on the covers with a black border, gilded fillets and D. Carlos's super-libris.

Publisher: Academia de Marinha

Edition: 2008