Ribanje is a pastoral and philosophic narrative poem in three parts in which Hektorović describes in a letter to his cousin, his three-day boat trip from Hvar to Brač and Šolta, accompanied by a pair of Hvar fishermen, Paskoje Debelja and Nikola Zet.
There is a ship log written by a crewmember, Matija Politeo from Starigrad on the island of Hvar.
Ćipiko graduated from a forestry school in 1890 and worked as a forestry officer in Brač, Makarska, Hvar and Kotor until 1909.
Radelic achieved his best results in Laser sailing by winning the championship title at the 2005 International New Year's Regatta – Laser Europa Cup in Hvar.
An expedition of 10,000 men in 300 ships sailed out from Zadar and laid siege to the Greek colony Pharos in the island of Hvar, but the Syracusan fleet of Dionysus was alerted and attacked the siege fleet.
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The Battle of Pharos was a naval battle between the Greek colony Pharos allied with Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse and the Illyrian Liburnians, which took place in 383/4 BC.The Illyrians of Zadar, the Iadasinoi, became allies of the natives of Hvar and the leaders of an eastern Adriatic coast coalition in the fight against the Greek colonizers.
Branislav Lala Kovačev (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав „Лала“ Ковачев; November 19, 1939, Kikinda, Serbia - September 4, 2012, Hvar, Croatia) was a Yugoslavian-Serbian jazz musician, drummer, bandleader and composer.
After the autumn of 1941 also the Dalmatian islands of Pag (Pago), Brač (Brazza) and Hvar (Lesina), initially given to the Independent State of Croatia, were annexed.
Jelsa is a town in Croatia, on the island of Hvar, the seat of the eponymous municipality (općina) within the county of Split-Dalmatia.
Hektorović, also known as Pietro Ettoreo or Piero Hettoreo, was born and died in Stari Grad, Hvar.