Balkan History. Balkan Heritage. Balkan Ethnicity. Montenegro, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Sofia, Serbia. Kosovo. Romania. Alpine Plants, Alpine Plant Hunters. Alpine Plant Hunting. Asphodel.
Rediscovering the Lost Balkans of the Nineteen-Thirties.		  
 
Introduction
Discovering the Archive		  
 
Meet the Authors
  
 
Researching the Archive
  
 
The Archive Itself
  
 
The Participants.
  
 
The Photographer
Who was the photographer?		  
 
Plant Hunting & the Kew Connection
  
 
Adventures of the Travellers
  
 
Then & Now (locations). 1st Series.
1st Series		  
 
Then & Now (locations). 2nd Series.
2nd Series		  
 
Then & Now (locations), 3rd Series.
3rd Series		  
 
Then & Now (locations). 4th Series.
 
 
Unidentified Locations (1st Series)
Towns, Villages & People.		  
 
Unidentified Locations (2nd Series)
Mountains & Landscapes.		  
 
Costumes & Ethnicity
  
 
Bibliography & References
  
 
Acknowledgements & Credits
  
 
To Contact Us
  
 

Acknowledgements & Credits



We wish to acknowledge the following, for their most helpful assistance.

Judith Curthoys. The Governing Body of Christ Church College, Oxford.
Lorna Cahill. Archive Research. Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew.
Craig Brough. Archive Research. Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew.

Mr Jean Vaupres. Book colleague, for pointing out the significance of the find.
Gregor Murbach, without whom none of this would be known.
Charles Wheadon. Lyme Regis. For the digitization of the collection.
Luke Lawson. Lyme Regis. For digital image editing & website assistance. www.lukelawson.com.
Raoul de Bunsen. www.2-minute-website.com. Our website host Help Desk.
Julia Archer. For taking over one day a week and giving us valuable free research time.

Also

Mehmed Buykli, from Breznitsa
 Velichkovski from Kriva Palanka, Macedonia
Ivana Mihajlovski. Ypsilanti. USA.
The National Library of Bulgaria.
The National Academy of Science of Bulgaria.
The New Bulgarian University.
The Department of Ethnography of Sofia University.
Sali Shoshi: http://chwb.org/kosovo/contact/
Dr. Antoaneta Petrova: bgarden@abv.bg. Royal Botanic Garden, Sofia.
Dr. Ana Petrova. ana_petrova@abv.bg. Royal Botanic Garden. Sofia.


Research Donors.

The Sanctuary. Lyme Regis. UK.
Jean Vaupres. Lighthouse Book. Charmouth. UK.
Prof. Randall Baker. Sofia. Bulgaria.

Below.
The earliest map we could find of the Balkans.
"Johann Honterus Septemcastrensis de Corona"
1498 - 1549
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