Alaska by Jón Ólafsson
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"Alaska" by Jón Ólafsson is a pamphlet published in 1875. It proposes establishing an Icelandic colony in Alaska and includes a delegation report envisioning an ambitious future. The author predicts that ten thousand Icelandic settlers could grow to one hundred million within centuries, spreading across North America and eventually replacing English with Icelandic. The pamphlet details Alaska's landscape and climate while expressing strong opinions about language and colonization. (This is an automatically
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| Author | Jón Ólafsson, 1850-1916 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 01016607 |
| Title | Alaska |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_(pamphlet) |
| Credits | Produced from page images available from the Library of Congress, at hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/mtfrb.16607 |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 69.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Icelandic |
| LoC Class | F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States |
| Subject | Alaska -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Immigrants -- Alaska |
| Subject | Icelanders -- Alaska |
| Subject | Alaska -- Emigration and immigration |
| Subject | Iceland -- Emigration and immigration |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 15178 |
| Release Date | Feb 26, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 385 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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