A TRIP TO CALIFORNIA IN 1850-3, WITH CHAPTERS ON SOUTH-SEA ISLANDS, "PORT PHILLIP," AND BEAUTIFUL TASMANIA

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120,[4]pp. plus frontispiece and seven photographic illustrations. Original blue cloth, gilt. Boards lightly rubbed, light wear at spine ends and corners. Previous owner's name and printed paper slip on front free endpaper. A touch of foxing on edges of textblock. Very clean internally. Very good. A somewhat scarce account of a trip to California during the Gold Rush, with a description of the South Sea Islands, and Hobart and Port Phillip in Australia. Dean recounts his voyage from Australia to California in 1850, experiences in San Francisco, Sacramento, and in the gold diggings (with the attendant violence and vice), and encounters with hostile Indians. On his return to Australia he made a stop at the Coral Islands, and gives descriptions of Sydney, Melbourne, and Tasmania. Dean also includes a significant account of Port Phillip during the Australian gold rush, recalling individual businesses and their owners, and a small section on Tasmanian Aborigines (including a portrait of Fanny Cochrane-Smith). Not in Kurutz, and not in the catalogue of the Hill Collection, though there is a copy at UC San Diego. FERGUSON 9038. N° de ref. del artículo WRCAM46685

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