Naslov
Karst hydrology of the Croatian coast recorded in the works of Alberto Fortis (1741-1803)

Autori
Lončarić, Robert ; Surić, Maša

Izvornik
Acta carsologica (0583-6050) 51 (2022), 2; 67-78

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Alberto Fortis, karst, hydrology, Croatia.

Sažetak
Alberto Fortis (1741-1803) was an Italian naturalist who had a wide range of scientific interests, from linguistics and ethnology to geology, geography, and hydrology. This paper reviews the hydrological features Fortis recorded in two of his works, Saggio d'Osservazzioni sopra l'Isola di Cherso ed Osero (1771) and Viaggio in Dalmazia (1774). These works were the result of several of Fortis' travels in the region and were noted in the European scientific literature of the time. Fortis showed the European public the eastern Adriatic coast, a little-known part of Europe at the time, with its great variety of natural features. Despite the rare occurrence of surface water in the karst, Fortis' descriptions of the eastern Adriatic coast contain numerous interpretations of hydrological features. He often demonstrates a remarkable understanding of karst hydrology, even if some of his ideas and explanations are dubious from today's perspective. Although Fortis is not considered a karstologist in the strict sense, his works contain elements of what will later become karstology.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geologija, Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Geografija

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