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Schliemann and the California gold rush : the 1850-1852 american travel journal of Heinrich Schliemann: a transcription and translation / edited by Christo Thanos & Wout Arentzen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- The Schliemann diaries
- The Schliemann Diaries ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890.
- Schliemann, Heinrich.
- Women archaeologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Women archaeologists.
- Archaeologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Archaeologists.
- California--History--1850-1950--Biography--Anecdotes.
- California.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Sidestone Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this second part of The Schliemann Diaries we follow Heinrich Schliemann (the famous 19th century archaeologist, trader and traveller) through his diary on his second journey: his travels to America from December 1850 to March 1853. The original diary was written in English and for a small part in Spanish. This publication is a transcription and translation of Schliemann's travel diary.In 1850 the millionaire Schliemann decided to end his job as trader in Russia and to try his luck in the United States. He travelled via Europe to New York and Washington and then via Panama on to the goldfie
- Contents:
- Blank Page; Blank Page
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 17, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 90-8890-256-9
- OCLC:
- 897071708
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