CALIFORNIEN, DETS UNTID OG FREMTID... by Hoppe, John and A. F. Erman

Copenhagen, Klein, 1850. 159pp. Illus., folding map of California. Original printed wrappers( spine mended). Danish translation of the Berlin, 1849 first edition. Howes H639. Cowan V.4:260. Wheat, Gold Region 96. Wheat Gold Rush 104. Sabin 32991. One of the more important of the early publications on the gold discoveries, with data from various reports and studies by Erman. Kurutz 341B: "Like many such publications, the author drew heavily upon previous works, including Duflot deMorfras, Fremont, Robinson and Forbes. This introduction to California consists mainly of a geographical and historical discussion together with a climatography by Professor Erman, Erman also wrote on the discovery and importance of gold, based on information gathered during an 1829 visit to San Francisco while circumnavigating the globe. Hoppe believed that the primary interest in California was for the DEuropean colonization of the West Coast of America." Wheat Maps 159. Hill vol. 2, p.451