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The "Natural History" of the Triplex Confinium Area in the Work of B. Hacquet

The work concentrates on the term "natural history" which the author tries to define on the basis of several narrative sources written from the end of the 17th century until the beginning of the 19th century. Special attention is given to the problem of the interdependency of people and their natural surroundings as based on Hacquet's interpretation in his "Abbildung und Beschreibung der südwest- und östlichen Wenden, Illyrer und Slaven"". His ethno-characterology is also interesting from the aspect of the relation of particular ethnic communities in the area towards the surrounding nature. The tribes (Volksstämme) that Hacquet distinguishes and describes on the meeting ground of the three imperial powers are the Liburnians, Morlacchi, Croats, Uskoks, and the people from Lika, Dalmatia and Slavonia. In general, his description points to the conclsion that all these people lived in harmony with nature. The natural environment conditioned their activities and behavior, their physical constitution, nature, diet, settlement type, etc.

natural history; environment; ethno-characterology; nature; tribes; Hacquet

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