En 1771, Alberto Fortis indiquait que l’huile constituait la principale production de l’île de Cres et qu’elle était le meilleur produit de la République de Venise (Alberto Fortis, 1771, «Saggio d’osservazioni sopra l’isola di Cherso ed Osero», Venezia, p. 59 et 60).
In 1771 Alberto Fortis mentioned that oil was the main product produced on the island of Cres and that it was the best that was produced in the Republic of Venice in that period (Alberto Fortis, 1771, Saggio d’osservazioni sopra l’isola di Cherso ed Osero, Venezia, pp. 59 and 60).