Project Gutenberg 2024-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 121 Various Verschillende Various, Various Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine, Vol. 71, No. 439, May, 1852 Richard Tonsing, Jonathan Ingram, Brendan OConnor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 439, May, 1852" by Various is a historical magazine published during the mid-19th century. This periodical showcases a rich collection of articles and essays that reflect on contemporary topics, including natural resources, historical narratives, literary discussions, and social critiques. The contents suggest a multifaceted exploration of themes like the impact of gold discoveries in various regions, the life of famous historical figures, and insights into English society, all contributing to a broader understanding of the era. The opening of this edition features an essay concerning "Gold: Its Natural and Civil History," discussing the historical significance and discovery of gold in places such as California and Australia. It elaborates on how exploration and colonization led to the serendipitous finding of valuable mineral resources, often by unsophisticated explorers who lacked the necessary training but stumbled upon riches due to sheer luck. Notably, it scrutinizes the intellectual underpinnings of exploration, emphasizing a combination of scientific and imaginative insights necessary to uncover and understand these natural treasures. The passage sets the tone for a serious inquiry into the societal and economic ramifications that these discoveries could have, both in the past and the foreseeable future. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Scotland -- Periodicals England -- Periodicals AP Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Journals 618727 2025-06-29T03:39:24.357112 text/html 592749 2024-01-31T01:39:20 text/html 498805 2025-06-29T03:39:31.912123 application/epub+zip 502695 2025-06-29T03:39:26.003109 application/epub+zip 339870 2025-06-29T03:39:25.152114 application/epub+zip 767919 2025-06-29T03:39:36.632049 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 739493 2025-06-29T03:39:31.271093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 555822 2025-06-29T03:39:23.387139 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 535931 2024-01-31T01:39:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15791 2025-06-29T03:39:36.763061 application/rdf+xml 11046 2025-06-29T03:39:25.403107 image/jpeg 1892 2025-06-29T03:39:25.276125 image/jpeg 638790 2025-06-29T03:39:24.407150 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog