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https://doi.org/10.32728/studpol/2019.08.01.09

A CASE OF ESPIONAGE FROM THE 18TH CENTURY: A RECONNAISSANCE TRIP TO POLA MADE BY A GROUP OF INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS OF THE HABSBURG EMPEROR. NOTES FROM THE ANONYMOUS REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR OF POLA DATED 12 APRIL 1788

Sandro Cergna orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-1381-1780 ; Juraj Dobrila University of Pula


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Abstract

ror Joseph II from 1788, from Rijeka to Pula, while passing through
several towns and villages of the eastern coast of Istria. The original
document, that is, an anonymous report addressed to the Governor of the
Istrian city, has been preserved in the archives of the University Library in
Pula. It describes the journey of the Austro-Hungarian group and, in more
detail, their encounter with an anonymous intelligence officer of the then
prefect of the Istrian city, Angelo Maria Orio, who was also not named in
the report. This document, significant as a travelogue as well as in terms
of culture, also contains interesting historical and political information,
such as the hidden reasons why these famous characters sought as much
information as possible about Pula, its port and transport routes; their
interest in economic policy and defence of the Venetian Republic in this
area not even ten years before its fall. It also describes the political situation
in Istria and the state border situation at the time.

Keywords

Istria; Pola; trip; secret service; Venezia; Austria Hungary;

Hrčak ID:

229192

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/229192

Publication date:

4.12.2019.

Article data in other languages: italian

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