ZAGREB, July 22 (Hina) - The first two of 26 books planned as part of the national project "Croatia on Secret Maps in the 18th and 19th Centuries" were presented to parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic earlier this week. According to
Mirko Valentic, manager at the Croatian Institute of History, the project could be completed in five years despite its scope if the state will be able to finance science. He urged the state to earmark more funds for science, and presented other Institute projects, including a monograph on the Sabor, the national parliament. "Croatia on Secret Maps in the 18th and 19th Centuries" should be published in 26 tomes containing about 490 maps of all Croatian regions. The seven million kuna (US$843,000) project is bilingual, in German and in Croatian. Valentic said the map inventory was a real treasure of the history of the Croatian people, its economy and culture. He announc
ZAGREB, July 22 (Hina) - The first two of 26 books planned as part of
the national project "Croatia on Secret Maps in the 18th and 19th
Centuries" were presented to parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic
earlier this week.
According to Mirko Valentic, manager at the Croatian Institute of
History, the project could be completed in five years despite its
scope if the state will be able to finance science. He urged the
state to earmark more funds for science, and presented other
Institute projects, including a monograph on the Sabor, the
national parliament.
"Croatia on Secret Maps in the 18th and 19th Centuries" should be
published in 26 tomes containing about 490 maps of all Croatian
regions. The seven million kuna (US$843,000) project is bilingual,
in German and in Croatian. Valentic said the map inventory was a
real treasure of the history of the Croatian people, its economy and
culture.
He announced the third and last volume of the monograph "Croatian
National Parliament 1848-2000" should be published by year's end.
Parliament speaker Tomcic supported a proposal to have a summary
drafted in English to accompany the monograph in order to better
present the Sabor, one of the oldest European parliaments, in
Europe.
Tomcic also applauded the Croatian Institute of History's proposal
to launch a new project which would cover the history of the Sabor
from the Middle Ages to the first citizens' parliament in 1848.
The parliament speaker also welcomed an idea to launch a series of
books covering bilateral relations, for instance between Croatia
and the Czech Republic, Poland, and Italy. It was agreed the project
would be discussed in the autumn.
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