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The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries
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The Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries

Maker
Date1853
Object number00016945
NameBook
MediumCloth, gilt, Ink on paper, graph
DimensionsOverall: 205 x 135 x 28 mm, 0.5 kg
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection Purchased with USA Bicentennial Gift funds
DescriptionThe Australian and Californian Gold Discoveries, and their probable consequences; or, an inquiry into the laws which determine the value and distribution of the precious metals: with historical notices of the effects of the American mines on European prices in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In a series of letters. By Patrick James Stirling, F.R.S.E. Author of "The Philosphy of Trade". Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, Tweeddale Court. Agents in london, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1853