Gjuro Ferrich’s Periegesis orae Rhacusanae (1803) has been as a description of Ragusa’s territories, as a sarcastic commentary on manners and morals, and as a poetic paraphrase of physiocratic . Now a hitherto unstudied letter from the author suggests that it should be read as a ‘counter-travelogue’, a polemical reply to a foreign account Ragusa. This study sets Ferrich’s Periegesis in context, examining its to Francesco Maria Appendini’s Notizie (1802-03); the different Ferrich may have drawn upon in framing his text; and the insights into images provided by a polemical reply to Ferrich composed by Zlatarich. Ferrich’s Periegesis emerges as a ‘discreet’ polemic, with messages addressed to its domestic readers on the one hand and its audience on the other.
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Catherine Wendy Bracewell (2015) studied this question.