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An exciting travelogue about the experiences of a Norwegian-British-Swedish research expedition to Antarctica, which spent three dramatic years there (1949–1952). An indispensable classic of polar literature.
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.
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 consists of a foreword by Prof. Dr. Hrvoje Jurić, 9 essays, 10 travelogues, 9 essays, and 3 completed correspondences with poet Vesna Parun, editor Jože Pogačnik, and poet Boris A. Novak.
Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski's travelogue provides a vivid account of Bosnia in the mid-19th century, recording the landscape, customs, political circumstances, and everyday life under Ottoman rule.
A practical guide intended for Croatian emigrants heading to South America, with useful advice. A rare and extremely interesting practical guide published in Buenos Aires in 1927, and then in a second, updated edition in 1929 in Zagreb.