The first Croat in Costa Rica

 

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egilea: Hilje Quirós, Luko
Formatua: artículo original
Egoera:Versión publicada
Argitaratze data:2019
Deskribapena:Received: 29-07-2019Approved: 09-16-2019 Even though the Croat colony in Costa Rica has always been very small, this country appointed as it's resident a citizen of Croatian ancestors, Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich (1962-1966). So far, it was thought that his grandfather, Francisco Orlich Zic, was the first Croat to become established in this country. Nevertheless, based upon several reliable historical documents, in this paper it is demonstrated that it was Juan Orlich Sparosich the first one to do so, when he arrived in 1866. Despite not being a relative of Francisco, he rought him to Costa Rica in 1873 or 1874. While living in Cartago, where he was devoted first to masonry and later to commerce and agriculture, Juan also made it possible for Nicolás Miguel Ivankovich Trojanovich a member of the Domijan (Domián) Kruzich family; even though the latter returned to Croatia, his brothers Domingo and Lorenzo arrived later on. As expected, these are the Croatian lineages with more descendants in Costa Rica.
Herria:Portal de Revistas UCR
Erakundea:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Hizkuntza:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/40240
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/herencia/article/view/40240
Gako-hitza:Costa Rica
Immigration
Croatia
Austro-Hungarian Empire
XIX Century
Inmigración
Croacia
Imperio Austro-Húngaro
siglo XIX