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Archive Collection description: HEK
Hektorović Collection (1979)
Petar Hektorović (1487-1582), was a Croatian nobleman and well known figure in sixteenth century Croatian literature. He lived on the island of Hvar which was at that time under Venetian rule but was under threat from invasion by the Ottoman Empire which had conquered most of South-Eastern Europe at that time.
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Translation of "Ribanje I ribarsko prigovaranje" [Fishing and fishermans' conversation] by E D Goy. This work is one of the few surviving pieces by Petar Hektorović. It is an account of a three day fishing trip taken by Hektorović around his home island of Hvar, Croatia. It was written in 1556 and first published in 1568. It is written in the form of an epistle addressed to Hektorović's cousin and director of Hvar's school, Jerome Bartuchevich Hektorović.1979
1 file, typescript
(Language) English
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See also: CLI for further material on Petar Hektorović and PAL for further translations by E D Goy
Publication: this translation was published as Goy, E D "Ribanje I ribarsko prigovaranje" [Fishing and fishermen's conversation] in "BC Review" no 15, 1979
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