NO. 2 BIBLIOGRiVPIIY OF TIN — HESS 307 



HISTORY (Continued) 



1410. Rawlinson, George. Phoenicia. 



]S98, New York and London, pp. 6G-67, 63-70. 



Gives an account of the planting of colonies in Andalusia, Spain; led there by riches 

 of country, among' which gold, silver, quicksilver, tin, lead, copper and iron 

 are mentioned as occurring in the mountains in which the ancient Baetis and tribu- 

 taries rise. They also planted colonies on the Scilly islands, attracted by mineral 

 wealth, and from there they exported tin and lead to Greece and Asia. 



1411. Reyer, — . Tin, and its history. 



Mg. Journ. Railw. Comm. Gaz., Vol. 49, 1879, London, p. 1299. 



Historical sketch of tin beginning with 1800 B. C. down to 1873, A. D., when 

 Tasmanian stream tin became known. 



1412. Reyer, Eduard. Allgemeine Geschichte des Zinnes. 



Oest. Zeitschr. Berg. Hiitt. Vol. 28, ISSO, "Wien, pp. 499-501, 514-516. 



Translated by Symons, B. in 1881. Trans. Mg. Ass. Inst. Cornwall, Vol. 4, 1893, pp. 

 138-150. 



Review: Eng. Mg. Journ., Vol. 31, 1881, New York, pp. 313-314. 



Digest: Ann. Brit. Geol. 1893, London, p. 280. 



" The name ' tin ' is of Gallic origin, being derived from ' ostean,' Cornish 

 ' stean.' It is estimated that in 1881 the production of tin in the various parts of 

 the world was: Australia, 10,000 to 15,000 tons; England, 10,000; Straits of Malacca, 

 etc., 10,000; Banca and Eilliton, 700O to 9000; Tasmania, 3000 to 5O0O; and Cliina, 

 50O0 tons." 



1413. Rhys, John. Early Britain, Celtic Britain. 



1904, London, pp. 44, 46, 48, 204, 257. 



Gives account of early tin trade, history of Cassitorides, location, etc. 



1414. Saunders, C. D. The ancient Cornish tin trade. 



S3d Ann. Rep. Roy. Cornwall Polyt. Soc, 1865, Falmouth, pp. 42-4.5. 



A discussion as to whether the Phoenicians carried on their tin trade as a maritime 

 one, 1. e. through the Pillars of Hercules, or as a land trade through Gaul to 

 Mediterranean Sea. 



Schmidt, Albert. See Nos. 570 and 571. 



1415. SciiuuRMAN, J. A. Historische schets van de tinwinning op Banka. 



Juarb. Sfijnw. Ned. Oost-Indio, 1898, II, Tech. and Admin. Amsterdam, pp. 1-112. 



1416. SiMONiN, L. Sur I'ancienne exploitation des mines d'etain de la 



Bretagne. 



C. R. Acad. Sci., Vol. 62, 1S66, Paris, pp. 346-347. 



1417. Smirke, Edward. Tin trade between Britain and Alexandria in the 



17th century. 



Journ. Roy. Inst. Cornwall, Vol. 2, 1867, Truro, pp. 283-291. 



1418. Smith, George. The Cassiterides: an inquiry into the commercial 



operations of the Phoenicians in Western Europe, with particular 

 reference to the British tin trade. 



1863, London, pp. 154. 



Believes that tin was obtained from Cornwall as early as the period between 1200 

 and 1500 B. C, and that tin did not come from Malay Peninsula during these early 

 times. 



1419. Taylor, John. Sketch of the history of mining in Devon and Cornwall. 



Pliilos. Mag. Vol. 5, 1800, London, pp. 357-365. 



