Veliko zanimanje engleskih putopisaca već od kraja XVIII., a posebno početkom i sredinom XIX. stoljeća za istočnojadransku obalu kulminiralo je krajem toga i početkom sljedećega stoljeća. Motivi putovanja su različiti: od upoznavanja "egzotičnih" krajeva,otkrivanja nepoznate europske kulturne baštine, pa sve do ciljanoga snimanja stanja iodnosa političkih snaga u Austrijskome carstvu, njegovom odnosu prema susjednomeOtomanskom carstvu te jačanja samosvijesti slavenskih naroda u odnosu na mađarski iaustrijski hegemonizam i slavenske narode u Otomanskom carstvu. Britanski diplomat,tajni obavještajac britanskoga veleposlanstva u Beču, sa znatnim vojno-diplomatskimiskustvom na Bliskom istoku (Sirija, Egipat) i u Srbiji Andrew Archibald Paton (1811.– 1874.) proputovao je 1846. i 1847. godine istočnojadranskom obalom, DalmatinskomZagorom i Likom prvenstveno sa zadatkom prikupljanja podatka o materijalnom stanjutoga dijela Austrijskoga carstva, posebno istočnojadranskih luka. Putovanje je započeokočijom iz Beča u Zadar, nastavio do Kotora, posjetio Crnu Goru te se vratio u Zadarodakle je preko Like otputovao za Rijeku, Trst i završio u Grazu. Istražujući te krajevePaton je dokumentarnom preciznošću opisao ljude i krajeve riječju i slikom, bilježioneke detalje iz kulturne baštine i lokalne povijesti, koje je uglavnom pabirčio iz putopisaprethodnih britanskih posjetitelja, kao i prirodne fenomene i ljepote krajolika za što jepokazao i dosta literarnoga smisla. To je objavio u kapitalnom djelu: Highlands andislands of the Adriatic: including Dalmatia, Croatia, and the southern Provinces ofthe Austrian Empire, Volumen I. i II., koje je 1849. godine objavio u Londonu. Ovo jedjelo poslovna i politička javnost dobro primila i Paton već 1862. godine objavljuje uLondonu prošireno izdanje Researches on the Danube and the Adriatic; or, Contributionsto the Modern History of Hungary and Transylvania, Dalmatia and Croatia, Servia and Bulgari; The great interest of English travel writers from the end of the 18th century, and especiallyfrom the beginning and mid-19th century in the Eastern Adriatic coast culminated at the endof it and at the beginning of the 20th century. The motives for travelling were varied: from thefamiliarisation of "exotic" regions, the discovery of unknown European cultural heritage, all theway to the targeted recording of the conditions and relationships of political powers in the AustrianEmpire, its relationship with the neighbouring Ottoman Empire, and the strengthening of the selfconfidenceof the Slavic peoples in relation to the Hungarian and Austrian hegemony and the Slavicpeoples in the Ottoman Empire. British diplomat, secret intelligence officer of the British Embassyin Vienna, with significant military-diplomatic experience in the Middle East (Syria, Egypt) andin Serbia, Andrew Archibald Paton (1811-1874) travelled, in 1846 and 1847, the Eastern Adriaticcoast, the Dalmatian Hinterland (Zagora) and Lika primarily with the task of gathering informationabout the material condition of that part of the Austrian Empire, especially the Adriatic ports. Hebegan the journey began by carriage from Vienna to Zadar, continued to Kotor, visited Montenegroand returned to Zadar from where, via Lika, he travelled to Rijeka, Trieste and ended in Graz andVienna. He was the first Briton to visit the interior of Croatia, particularly the Military Frontier andLika. Exploring these regions Paton described with documentary precision the people and regionswith words and pictures, he noted some details from the cultural heritage and local history, whichhe mostly gleaned from the travelogues of previous visitors and literature which he was able toconsult in Vienna. He also described the natural phenomena (Plitvice Lakes) and the beauty of thelandscape (Plješivica, Velebit) for which he also demonstrated a fair amount of literary penchant.Particularly interesting are his descriptions of