Speleolog, Vol. 66 No. 1, 2018.
Stručni rad
Miho Kusijanović (1878 - 1956): first speleologist from Dubrovnik
Roman Ozimec
; ADIPA - Društvo za istraživanje i očuvanje prirodoslovne raznolikosti Hrvatske, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Damir Basara
; ADIPA - Društvo za istraživanje i očuvanje prirodoslovne raznolikosti Hrvatske, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Miho Kusijanović (1878-1956) is one of the founders of the Croatian Mountaineering Society "Orjen" in Dubrovnik, where he was secretary and head of the Cave section (1929-1933). Beside professional, hiking and speleological activities, he was a naturalist amateur who wrote travel books, professional articles, historical and biographical contributions, stories, plays and occasional speeches, of which only a part was published, and he also dealt with translation. Its speleological activity dates to the end of the 19th century until World War II, and the bibliography covers over 60 references published in 15 different publications, out of which about 25 speleological exclusive, published in the range of 1921. until 1939. He studied numerous caves in the region of: Dubrovnik, Dubrovačko Primorje, Župa, Konavle, Pelješac, Mljet island, but also in neighboring Herzegovina and western Montenegro. In 1919 with his son Branimir he discovered a Močiljska špilja, in 1929 he published a monograph about this cave published by HPD Orjen and he is managing the cave for years. The General Assembly of the Croatian Mountaineering Society in 1940. proclaims him a honorable member for his contribution to the development of speleology and mountaineering publicity. According to his name was called a new taxa of the undergrowth beetle Blattochaeta marianii kusianovici, described from the Glogova jama on Sniježnica Mt.
Ključne riječi
speleology; history; Dubrovnik; Croatia; Dinarides
Hrčak ID:
216429
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Datum izdavanja:
7.2.2019.
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