Obraz Sycylii i Sycylijczyków w polskim piśmiennictwie geograficznym XVIII wieku
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The Polish geographic literature of XVIll1h century presented a lot of infomlation
about distant countries and their inhabitants. At the same time it fonned a picture
of them in the consciousness of Polish society. On the one hand. the representatives
of Polish Republic were fascinated by the beauty of Sicilian landscape - charm of
the Ionic Sea coast and grim of Etna. On the other hand, they admired the attraction
of land overflowed by old Greek monuments. The descriptions of Sicily often were
diversified by stories about curiosities and strange things of nature which were to
find in the different nooks of the island. Apart from that contemporary Sicilians
attracted attention of many Polish authors. Their features of characters, manner of
life and customs were widely documented in the geographic literature of XVIII'"
centUly Generally. the analysis of contemporary sources convince the author that
school education, which lied in reading of textbooks and browsing of many issued
in that time geographic compendiums. could gave to many Polish pupils and other
readers good knowledge about xvmlh century's Sicily and Sicilians. There was the
image which could be generally called reliable.
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