Complex sentence: Born in Mali Lošinj, Croatia (then Austro-Hungarian Empire), the son of Francesco Stanislao Martinolich and Maria Dominica Merlo, he initially studied naval architecture and received training in carpentry at the Austrian naval shipyards in Pula.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Mali Lošinj, Croatia (then Austro-Hungarian Empire), the son of Francesco Stanislao Martinolich and Maria Dominica Merlo. He initially studied naval architecture and received training in carpentry at the Austrian naval shipyards in Pula.