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Schliemann and the California Gold Rush
In this second part of The Schliemann Diaries we follow Heinrich Schliemann (the famous 19th century archaeologist, trader and traveller) through his diary on his second journey: his travels to America from December 1850 to March 1853. The original diary was written in English and for a small part in Spanish. This publication is a transcription and translation of Schliemanns travel diary.In 1850 the millionaire Schliemann decided to end his job as trader in Russia and to try his luck in the United States. He travelled via Europe to New York and Washington and then via Panama on to the goldfields in California. He made a second fortune in Sacramento with buying gold dust and with banking. After two years he returned to Europe and got married in St Petersburg.In this diary Schliemann describes his travels from the perspective of a wealthy business man in the mid-19th century and writes about the landscape, his visits to the theatre, the hotels he used, his much discussed meeting with the American president, his lucrative banking business in California, etc. His travels and accommodation werent always without danger. Schliemann describes in detail the extreme heat and humidity, fatal illnesses, rainstorms, floods, mosquitoes, robbers, murderers and swindlers.Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) was a shrewd trader and later in life he became one of the best known archaeologists of the 19th century for discovering the legendary city of Troy and the golden masks of Mycenae. Schliemann also made many travels around the world and recorded his experiences in several diaries. In this series, all Schliemanns travel diaries will be made available to a wider public by means of a transcription, an English translation and an introduction. These publications will present a new image of the trader and archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann and the world in which he
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Schliemann en Nederland
This book describes the life of the famous archaeologist and shrewd trader Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) from a Dutch perspective since his commercial succes started in the Netherlands. We see how two myths meet: the myth of the ancient city Troy and the the myth of the poor boy that was determined to find the remains of this legendary city. Dutch text.
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Schliemann: Braggart, Boaster, and Discoverer of Troy
\"Few people are entirely honest. Many people lie once in a while. Heinrich Schliemann lied more often than that. Heinrich Schliemann thought of his life as a story with himself as the hero...One of Heinrich's best stories was that he had found the lost city of Troy and dug up the hoard of gold belonging to Priam, king of Troy at the time of the Trojan War. This was a great story, but was it true?\" (Muse) Read about Schliemann's life and his involvement in the excavation of Troy.
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What did Schliemann Find - \and Where, When, and How did he find it?\
The accounts of the discovery of The Treasure of Priam as written by its discoverer, Heinrich Schliemann, are filled with contradictions. There are claims that the diaries, letters and publications contain errors, romantic embellishments and outright lies. A synopsis of the findings of archaeologists is provided to reconcile falsehoods created by Schliemann in 1873. Questions are probed, such as: Who was present when the treasure was discovered? When was the treasure discovered? and, Why did Schliemann smuggle the treasure out of Turkey?
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