 The period from 1806 to 1813 was the era of the French rule of Marshal Marmont in Dalmatia and development of maritime trade.Napoleon's rule of Dalmatia was followed by Austro-Hungarian rule and on 2 November 1818 the first steam ship "Carolina" sailed the Adriatic Sea.In early 1838 the free steamship navigation in the Adriatic Sea with regular steamship route Triest-Mali Lošinj-Zadar-Šibenik-Split-Hvar-Korčula-Dubrovnik-Kotor was proclaimed.