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Dubrovnik area travelogues of the Archduke Ludwig Salvator von Habsburg (1847-1915)

Dubrovnik area travelogues of the Archduke Ludwig Salvator von Habsburg (1847-1915) Ludwig Salvator spent most of his life travelling around the world, recording his experiences in numerous travelogues, writing over 50 of them. The descriptions of the Croatian coast written at the end of 19th century, including those of Kraljevica, Bakar, Opatija to Trsteno, Ston and Koločep Channel were supplied with illustrations, with drawings of Archduke Ludwig prepared for the final print in various graphic arts. Even though he was member if the Habsburg royal family he appeared very rarely at the court in Vienna, and the only person who was fond of him was Empiress Elisabeth, also famous by her numerous voyages. He carried on a correspondences with many interesting persons, scientists, politicians and writers, such as Jules Verne, his friend who he met in Venice. Ludwig Salvator was the person who inspired the protagonist of the novel named Matias Sandorf, the action of which partly took place in the suburb of Pazin and in Dubrovnik. His croatian travels were translated and published in 1998, named By yacht along Adriatic coast (1870-1910), and today they offer us a view in attitudes and interests of the writter, also his motivations and misunderestandings, and they are also a unique ilustration of our coast from that period. The memory of Ludwig Salvator in Dubrovnik at the begining of the 20th Century, was mentioned in drama of Marko Rašica Mrs Flore of the Lapad Valley written in 1959, about the amateur painter Flora Jakšić, Ludwig's acquaintance, whome he send every newly published work, so we have an interesting feedback information of his appearance in Dubrovnik.

travelogue; Archduke Ludwig Salvator; Dubrovnik

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