Sidebar: Dalmatia, circa 1911

Here are some additional extracts from the 1911 Baedeker guidebook for Austria-Hungary, covering the coast of Dalmatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, regions which were then all part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On this 2023 trip we will visit only Split (which in 1911 was known as Spalato), and Dubrovnik (a.k.a Ragusa), with shorter visits to a couple of the islands that are scattered along the way (Q: why are islands always said to be “scattered”? The word suggests a very negligent and disinterested God).

The Dalmatian coast, circa 1911

Spalato, aka Split, in 1911

Spalato (Split) to Ragusa (Dubrovnik) by steamer, 1911

Ragusa (aka Dubrovnik) in 1911

Bosnia & Herzegovina, circa 1911

Bosnia & Herzegovina (detail), circa 1911

Plan of Spalato [Split], 1911

Plan of Ragusa [Dubrovnik], 1911