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Recounts the adventurous life of Ralegh the English explorer who led many expeditions to the new world.
Author : Marc Aronson
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 16,72 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780395848272
Recounts the adventurous life of Ralegh the English explorer who led many expeditions to the new world.
Author : Stephen Graham
Publisher :
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Mexico
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Author : Alice Askew
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 1910
Category :
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Author : John Augustine Zahm
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,29 MB
Release : 1917
Category : America
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Author : Wilmot Waring
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 1907
Category :
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Author : John Hemming
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9781842124451
The El Dorado legend of a naked ruler who covered his body in gold dust became an obsession for conquistadores and successive adventurers in search of the sacred gold of the Indians in Central and Southern America. John Hemming, author of Red Gold, tells of the cruelty of the explorers but also of the indescribable hardships they suffered. A beguiling book illustrated with images from the Gold Museum in Bogota.
Author : Peter O. Koch
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1476684871
This book traces the origin of the legend of El Dorado and the various expeditions that set out to locate that mysterious land of untold wealth in South America. Motivated by both fanciful rumors of a golden city ruled by a man who coated himself daily with gold dust, and the more practical allure of a region abundant in cinnamon trees (a spice that was worth its weight in gold to Europeans), many conquistadors convinced themselves that another native empire awaited their conquest. These quests for fortune and glory would lead to an encounter with fierce female warriors who were believed to be the Amazons of ancient Greek lore, and the discovery of the mighty river later named for the legendary Amazon tribe. The first half of this book details the lesser-known accounts of German interest in locating the wealth of a golden kingdom called Xerira and an elusive passage at Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo which supposedly led to the Pacific Ocean. The second section focuses on the various Spanish efforts to discover El Dorado, each of which was eventually doomed to despair, disappointment, and death.
Author : John Augustine Zahm
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 1917
Category :
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Author : J. A. Zahm
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 38,84 MB
Release : 2019-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781010206859
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Author : The Reverend
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 2016-05-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781359241399
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.