This account, housed in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, is the first known European mention, since ancient Greek and Roman writers, about a whole range of monuments in Upper Egypt and Nubia, including Karnak, Luxor temple, Colossi of Memnon, Esna, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae, and others.
Tempeljski kompleks Karnak je prvi opisal neznani Benečan leta 1589, čeprav njegov opis nima imena za kompleks.