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    Johann Weikhard Freiherr von Valvasor or Johann Weichard Freiherr von Valvasor (Slovene: Janez Vajkard Valvasor, pronounced [ˈʋáːlʋazɔɾ]) or simply Valvasor...
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    anguinus. It was originally identified as a "dragon's larva" by Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in 1689. Later, the Austrian naturalist Joseph Nicolaus Lorenz...
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  • the region after Jure's decapitation. The Carniolan scientist Johann Weikhard von Valvasor wrote about Jure Grando Alilović's life and afterlife in his...
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    Sanders Peirce, Henri Poincaré, Isaac Asimov, Nicolaus Copernicus, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, René Descartes, Aristotle, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor...
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  • decapitated by the local priest and villagers. The Carniolan scientist Johann Weikhard von Valvasor wrote about Jure Grando Alilović's life and afterlife in his...
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    encyclopedia published in Nuremberg in 1689 by the polymath Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. It is the most important work on his homeland, the Duchy of...
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    oros cited by Ptolemy, and perhaps also to Latin Carusardius. Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, a pioneer of the study of karst in Slovenia and a fellow of...
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    Doline (Slovene: Velika dolina). In 1689, the Carniolan scholar Johann Weikhard von Valvasor described the sink of the Reka River and its underground flow...
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  • film director Janez Semrajč Janez Vajkard Valvasor (1641–1693), Slovene name of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, scholar and polymath, member of the Royal...
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  • the 17th century by the pioneer of study of karst phenomena, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, although graffiti inside dated to 1213 indicates a much longer...
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    sculptures for the public monuments of the Carniolan polymath Johann Weikhard von Valvasor and Valentin Vodnik, the first Slovene poet and journalist, as...
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    Branko (1983). Kranjski polihistor Janez Vajkard Valvasor [The Carniolan Polymath Johann Weikhard von Valvasor] (in Slovenian). Mladinska knjiga. pp. 177–184...
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    worked in the Slovenian territory, while scientists such as Johann Weikhard von Valvasor and Johannes Gregorius Thalnitscher contributed to the development...
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    written document mentioning the town of Slunj was penned by Baron Johann Weikhard von Valvasor who describes the fortified town of Slunj, a bridge and a mill...
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  • tolarjev €0.08 126 × 63 mm Orange Johann Weikhard von Valvasor Angels from The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola by Valvasor Segments of the map of Slovenia...
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    Magazin (2020), p 73. Ute Mörtl "Das immer kargere Leben der Fischer im Golf von Triest" In: Der Standard, 26. October 2009. Almut Siefert "Zu Besuch in der...
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  • founders of astronautics Johann Puch (Slovene: Janez Puh) (1862–1914) – inventor, innovator, industrial designer and manufacturer Johann Pucher (Slovene: Janez...
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    include smaller towns which had not previously been illustrated. Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693) was the counterpart to Vischer, producing topographical...
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    Carniola, it was mistaken for a baby dragon and was recorded by Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in his work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. The first formal...
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    Domitian of Carantania or Domitian of Carinthia (German: Domitian von Kärnten, Slovene: Domicijan Koroški; died c. 802), also known as Domislav and Tuitianus...
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    The climax of Hasan Pasha's Great Offensive was third Battle of Sisak on 22 June 1593. The battle is depicted here by Johann Weikhard von Valvasor....
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    with ancient nomadic pastoralists. In 1689, the ethnographer Johann Weikhard von Valvasor mentioned the shepherd's dogs of the area in his work The Glory...
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    districts. This division was thoroughly described by the scholar Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in his 1689 work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. The districts...
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    districts. This division was thoroughly described by the scholar Johann Weikhard von Valvasor in his 1689 work The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola. The districts...
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  • classification of plant families based on morphological characteristics. Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, a pioneer of the study of karst in Slovenia (and Fellow of the...
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    varstvo naravne in kulturne dediščine Slovenije. COBISS 35642624 Johann Weikhard von Valvasor: The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola, published 1689, translated...
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    topography The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola written by the scholar Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641–1693), the territory was traditionally divided into three...
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  • Understanding (dated 1690) John Selden (died 1654) – Table Talk Johann Weikhard von Valvasor – The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola (Die Ehre deß Hertzogthums...
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    (Carniola Old and New; Ljubljana, 1681). He was the teacher of Johann Weikhard von Valvasor. Schönleben died in Ljubljana and was buried in St. James's Church...
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    1519–1559 Konrad von Grünenberg – Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem, page 32 [13v] (in German), accessed 24 July 2013 Konrad von Grünenberg...
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