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Author Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890, author.

Title 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.

Publication Info. Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource.
text file
Series The Schliemann diaries
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890. Diaries.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Blank Page; Blank Page.
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.
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Subject Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 -- Diaries.
Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890.
Genre/Form Diaries.
Subject California -- History -- 1850-1950 -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
California.
History.
Chronological Term 1850-1950
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
History.
Diaries.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
Added Author Thanos, Christo, 1968- editor.
Arentzen, Wout, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890. Schliemann and the California gold rush. 9789088902550 9088902550
ISBN 9088902569 (electronic book)
9789088902567 (electronic book)
9789088902550
9088902550