Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2007-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 63 Various Verschillende Various, Various Charton, Édouard 1807 1890 Charton, Edouard Le Tour du Monde; Californie Journal des voyages et des voyageurs; 2. sem. 1860 Reading ease score: 68.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Carlo Traverso, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Le Tour du Monde; Californie" by Various is a collection of travel narratives written in the mid-19th century. This work encapsulates the experiences and adventures of various writers exploring California during the Gold Rush era, revealing the allure and challenges of life in a booming new territory. The focus is on the diverse journeys of characters driven by fortune seeking and adventure, specifically detailing the journeys of individuals such as Baron de Wogan. At the start of the collection, the narrative introduces readers to the arrival of the Baron de Wogan in San Francisco aboard a steamboat, accompanied by fellow adventurers enticed by the promise of gold. The bustling, chaotic environment of San Francisco in 1850, teeming with immigrants and driven by the fervor of gold-seeking, sets the stage for their exploits. As Wogan and his companions embark on their mining venture toward the gold placers, the text explores themes of hope, disappointment, and the wilderness's untamed nature, framing the protagonist's vision of a solitary, adventurous life amidst the challenges presented by both nature and the local indigenous population. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Geography -- Pictorial works -- Periodicals Voyages and travels -- Periodicals Travelers -- Periodicals G Text FR Voyages et pays Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography 146547 146131 2024-10-10T07:42:54.013139 2023-09-10T10:24:42.150125 text/html text/html 141817 2007-11-01T08:18:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 865038 2007-11-01T08:18:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 942968 2024-10-10T07:43:00.639113 application/epub+zip 944510 2024-10-10T07:42:57.243119 application/epub+zip 119091 2024-10-10T07:42:55.954134 application/epub+zip 1089648 2024-10-10T07:43:03.028089 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1076923 2024-10-10T07:42:59.837103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239877 2022-09-11T04:48:20.805439 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 129483 129205 2024-10-10T07:42:53.418128 2023-09-10T10:24:41.675127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 126932 2007-11-01T08:18:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 47774 2007-11-01T08:18:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20658 2024-10-10T07:43:03.160076 application/rdf+xml 15494 2024-10-10T07:42:56.517110 image/jpeg 3862 2024-10-10T07:42:56.236113 image/jpeg 940475 2024-10-10T07:42:54.050157 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia