Blok, G. K. text ru monographic S.-Peterburg V Morskoĭ Tip. 1850 rus

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132 p. illus. 24 cm. This description of California was published to meet Russian curiosity about the gold fields and the region at the height of the gold rush. It draws heavily from Carl Hartmann's Geographisch-statistische Beschreibung von Californien, as well as newspaper accounts and German brochures about the gold fields. It describes the land and natural resources, political administration and social customs of both upper and lower California, with a special chapter on the gold rush. Romanized. LC copy bound with: Potekhin, V. Selenie Ross. Sanktpeterburg, 1859. DLC Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. With : Selenĭe Ross / V. Potekhin. Sanktpeterburg, 1859. Bound together subsequent to publication. DLC California Description and travel F864 .P8558 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/mtfgc.2039 73216268 hdl:loc.gdc/mtfgc.2039 DLC 831025 20250607232442.4 6185476 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)