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Writing about Dalmatia's last most famous visitor before the tragedy of the Great War: Archduke Franz Ferdinand. He and his wife Sophie stepped off their steamer The Dalmat in the port of Metkovic on June 26, 1914. They returned 4 days later in caskets.

So ends the time period that we're exploring in the book. It began in 1778 with Alberto Fortis exploring the natural beauties of a mysterious and ancient land. It ends in 1914 with Franz and Sophie being loaded on to their steamer one last time and leaving Dalmatia for good.

Unimaginable changes to the world followed and we cannot go back. And if you can, you'll need a guide.

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Pictured: work on the book, the Archduke and his daughter Sophie, and the assassination in Sarajevo.

See what the coast of Croatia looked like during the time of Austro-Hungarian rule. The book is coming along and I would love your feedback! I've done a few posts about this subject here before. Do you want to see more posts from the book about what 19th century Dalmatia? Sneak peaks of sections? Biographies of travelers who came to Dalmatia?