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British Travellers in Dalmatia during the 19th Century: Themes and Perspectives

Amongst the numerous British travellers who visited Dalmatia in the 19th century, I propose to put forward three of them who left a substantial texts offering an insight into their interests and impressions. In the period when the British Empire is at the peak of its power savouring in global trade dominance, it is fascinating to learn how some of its subjects discovered parts of Europe with the imperial glasses on. Dalmatia, the most southern kingdom of the Austrian Empire, was burdened with the borderland past that left residues in the 19th century on the land and the people. The maritime trade that put the region within the tides of global history marked this period. However, Dalmatia remained at the back of European progress and modernity, a destiny so akin to the Southeastern Europe of the time. In my presentation, I would try to analyse three perspectives on Dalmatia coming from the British travellers that include J. G. Wilkinson, A. A. Paton and T. G. Jackson. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson was a fellow of the Royal Society, famous Egyptologist, travelling in countries "not generally known or visited" such as Dalmatia. Andrew A. Paton was an orientalist, historian and an informal adviser to the British government, appointed by British ambassador in Vienna to study "material resources of the Austrian empire" with which Britain had recently entered a trade agreement, and Thomas. G. Jackson was famous Oxford architect interested in history, Dalmatian architecture and antiquities. Their texts provide a possibility to outline Dalmatia, its unique position and understand how it fitted within the British perspective of the time. In addition, it would be an opportunity to reconsider some of the themes emerging in their texts together with different perspectives they adopted.

British travellers, travel accounts, J. G. Wilkinson, A. A. Paton, T. G. Jackson

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