Recommended readings:

1 - THE VENETIAN EMPIRE, a sea voyage, by Jan Morris - ISBN 0-14-011994-9,
     Penguin Books.
2 - THE USKOKS OF SENJ, by Catherine Wendy Bracewell - ISBN 0-8014-2674-X,
     Cornell University Press.
3 - TRAVELS INTO DALMATIA, by Alberto Fortis - Arno Press & The New York Times
      (Ayres Press, in the U.S.A., tel. n. 1-888-267-7323)