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Through travelogues and personal accounts, Jasen Boko describes South America – a continent of contrasts, passion and unrest. Combining history, culture and personal reflections, he searches for what it means to be “at home” in the world.
Description of a four-month stay among the natives in a valley in the Marquesas Islands.
The book contains three Latin reports by the Croatian Jesuit, nobleman and explorer Ivan Rattkay (Ratkaj, 1647–1683), born in Ptuj (today Slovenia), sent to the provincial of the Austro-Czech Jesuit province from the mission in northern Mexico.
The book describes man's discoveries of parts of planet Earth that were accidental or planned. The period from 50,000 years ago to today's efforts in space exploration is described.
The work was originally published in 1959 and was awarded the first prize for the promotion of literature for children and young people in 1960 and has been translated into several languages. As a follow-up, Rackwitz wrote "Sunken Worlds - Far S