GENSTAECKER TRAVELS 1854 California Gold Rush 1st Edition Kurutz 268

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GENSTAECKER TRAVELS 1854 California Gold Rush 1st Edition Kurutz 268:
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GENSTAECKER TRAVELS 1854 California Gold Rush 1st Edition Kurutz 268 Product DescriptionTITLE: Gerstaecker\'s travels Rio de Janeiro--Buenos Ayres--Ride through the pampas--Winter journey across the and the gold fields.AUTHOR: Friedrich GerstaeckerPUBLISHER: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, London & EdinburghDATE: MDCCCLIV [1854] First Edition. Kurutz 268; Cowan II, p. 234; Californien B10; DESCRIPTION: viii, 9-290NOTES: A travel story originally written in German and published during the California Gold Rush in 1853 and first published in English by Harpers in New York. Gerstaecker left Bremen on board the Talisman for California on April 23, 1849. The first ten chapters of the book describe the voyage around Cape Horn, life at sea and visits to South America. Arriving in San Francisco, Gerstaecker rushed enthusiastically into gold prospecting and placer mining on the Feather River among other German miners. This second portion of the book is what George Cosgrove described as \"one of the most entertaining and intelligent narratives of that period.\" Eventually winter rains, hard work, and limited success disillusioned Gerstaecker who departed California in late 1850.CONDITION: FAIR. Complete book. Chipped spine. Weak cover attachment. Stains. See photos.BINDING: Full red cloth. BIOGRAPHY: Friedrich Gerstaecker (1816-1872), a native of Hamburg, left Germany in 1837 for a six-year stay in New York. On his return to Germany, he published two travel memoirs, and the Frankfurt government subsidized his return to America in 1849 to collect information for prospective emigrants to California. On his return home, he published several books dealing with his travels. Gersta_cker\'s travels (1854) is the English edition of the author\'s Reisen, published in Germany not long after his return to California. Nearly one half of the book is devoted to the sea journey with stops in Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and the Argentine pampas, crossing the Cordilleras to Valparaiso, Chile, where he obtained passage to California. He describes San Francisco and Sacramento in the fall of 1849 as well as his experiences as a prospector on the Feather River. Leaving the gold fields, Gerstaecker then spends several weeks at the Mission Dolores before trying his luck in 1850 at the goldfields beyond Stockton at Murphy\'s Diggings, San Antonio, and Mokelumne. He concludes with his voyage home from California via Honolulu, Australia, and the Dutch East Indies.

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