Author: [KANN, CHARLES ALBERT]:
Title: Australien och dess guldregioner. Tillförlitliga underrättelser för utwandrare till Australien, i synnerhet med affseende på öfwerfart, ankomst, bosättning och guldgräfning. Göteborg, C.F. Arwidsson, 1853.
Description: . Pp. (ii, v, one blank), 104. Original cloth-backed boards, small stain to upper cover, somewhat rubbed. Ownership signature (Gustaf Fr. Trotzig) dated 1853. A charming guide book for Swedes heading for Australia, especially to the goldfields of Victoria and New South Wales. Comprising several amusing stories of successful gold diggers. It's probably the earliest Scandinavian work of its kind. Charles Albert Kann, Swedish born but lived most of his life abroad including several years in Copenhagen. A Danish edition was published in the same year. We are not sure which of the two editions were published first. Beijbom, Australienfararna p. 46ff. Ferguson 11049a.

Keywords: Oceania incl. Pacific, australia, australiana, australien, goldfields, golddigging, travel, exploration


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