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The Ordaz And Dortal Expeditions In Search Of Eldorado
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Book Synopsis The Ordáz and Dortal Expeditions in Search of Eldorado as Described on Sixteenth Century Maps (with Two Maps) by : Rodolfo R. Schuller
Download or read book The Ordáz and Dortal Expeditions in Search of Eldorado as Described on Sixteenth Century Maps (with Two Maps) written by Rodolfo R. Schuller and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Golden Dream by : Robert Silverberg
Download or read book The Golden Dream written by Robert Silverberg and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most persistent legends in the annals of New World exploration is that of the Land of Gold. This mythical site was located over vast areas of South America (and later, North America); the search for it drove some men mad with greed and, as often as not, to their untimely deaths. In this history of quest and adventure, Robert Silverberg traces the fate of Old World explorers lured westward by the myth of El Dorado. From the German conquistadores licensed by the Spanish king to operate out of Venezuela, to the journeys of Gonzalo Pizarro in the Amazon basin, and to the nearly miraculous voyage of Francisco Orellana to the mouth of the Amazon River, encountering the warlike women who gave the river its name, violence and bloodshed accompanied the determined adventurers. Sir Walter Raleigh and a host of other explorers spent small fortunes and many lives trying to locate Manoa, a city that was rumored to be El Dorado—City of Gold. Celebrated science fiction author Robert Silverberg recreates these legendary quests in The Golden Dream: Seekers of El Dorado.
Book Synopsis Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by :
Download or read book Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History Teacher's Magazine by : Albert Edward McKinley
Download or read book History Teacher's Magazine written by Albert Edward McKinley and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes "War supplements," Jan-Nov. 1918; "Supplements," Dec. 1918-Nov. 1919. These were also issued as reprints.
Book Synopsis Statement by the Secretary by : Smithsonian Institution
Download or read book Statement by the Secretary written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Eldorado and the Quest for Fortune and Glory in South America by : Peter O. Koch
Download or read book Eldorado and the Quest for Fortune and Glory in South America written by Peter O. Koch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Download or read book The Catholic Historical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Secretary ... and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents by : Smithsonian Institution
Download or read book Report of the Secretary ... and Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents by : Smithsonian Institution
Download or read book Report of the Secretary and the Financial Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Golden Man by : Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen
Download or read book The Golden Man written by Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "El Dorado. The golden man. Those doughty adventurers who first began to probe the secrets of the New World were fascinated by whispers of treasure beyond belief somewhere in the mountains of Colombia. There, said the native Indians, lived a people "rich in gold" with a chief who once a year as part of a religious ritual covered himself with the precious metal's dust. So began an incredible saga of adventure - Spaniards, Germans, French, British, Dutch and Portuguese sprawled across an almost unknown continent in their search for a phantom. The New World replaced the Old World's mythology of unbounded riches in legendary places in the deserts and cities of the Mediterranean and Asia. From a golden man, El Dorado grew into a city of gold and drew untold numbers to death. It became the metaphor for the unattainable. Sir Walter Raleigh, England's hero, great adventurer and man of letters, died on the block because he, too, caught the fever of El Dorado. He and countless others failed to prove its existence was no legend. But they discovered a continent. Victor von Hagen, himself an explorer and traveller of no mean accomplishment, has followed their footsteps through jungles and country where disease and other hazards turned death into monotonous tragedy. He has no need to dramatise the people and events he has documented; his approach to the vast tapestry and his presentation results in the greatest real-life adventure stories yet told. The myths of the heroics of the questers for the Golden Fleece and the Holy Grail become minor narratives alongside von Hagen's brilliant and exciting account of the actual events and the men who precipitated them." -- dust jacket.
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by : Smithsonian Institution
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports for 1884-1886/87 issued in 2 pts., pt. 2 being the Report of the National Museum.
Book Synopsis The Miraculous Lie by : Bart L. Lewis
Download or read book The Miraculous Lie written by Bart L. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The golden specter of El Dorado and its promises of unlimited wealth have haunted Western iconography for centuries. The Miraculous Lie: Lope de Aguirre and the Search for El Dorado in the Latin American Historical Novel is a fascinating study of five twentieth-century Latin American novels that focus on one particular search for El Dorado: the infamous 1559 expedition, headed by Pedro Ursua and the first legendary colonial rebel against the crown, Lope de Aguirre. Author Bart Lewis approaches five works--Arturo Uslar Pietri's El Camino de El Dorado, Abel Posses's Daim n, Miguel Otero Silva's Lope de Aquirre, Pr ncipe de la Libertad, Jorge Ernesto Funes's Una Lanza por Lope de Aguirre, and F lix lvarez S enz's Cr nica de Blasfemos--as representations of Latin American literature during the mid to late twentieth-century and as re-examinations of the notorious figure of Lope de Aguirre. Lewis is therefore able to provide not only a successful chronology of the stylistic development of the Latin American novel, but also a thoughtful analysis of how these novels appropriate Aguirre and give a revisionist and authentic voice to the Latin American cultural founder. Wonderfully engaging and beautifully written, The Miraculous Lie examines the search for El Dorado in modern Latin American literature as the search for self-determination.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800 by : Raymond John Howgego
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800 written by Raymond John Howgego and published by Potts Point, NSW, Australia : Hordern House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800. The vast scope of the Encyclopedia of Exploration makes it a work unlike any other in its combination of historical, biographical and bibliographical data. It includes a catalogue of all known expeditions, voyages and travels, as well as biographical information on the travellers themselves, which places them in their historical context. The Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800 is a massive undertaking resulting in a work that extends to 1.2 million words in almost 1200 pages. The 2327 major articles have generated index entries totalling more than 7500 names of persons or ships mentioned in the text. Within the text itself there are about 4000 cross-references between articles. Altogether nearly 20,000 bibliographical citations accompany the articles. A considerable quantity of information in this book is presented here for the first time in English.
