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The golden dream : seekers of El Dorado / Robert Silverberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silverberg, Robert, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- America--Discovery and exploration.
- America.
- South America--Description and travel.
- South America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- In this history of quest and adventure, celebrated science fiction author Robert Silverberg traces the fate of Old World explorers lured westward by the myth of El Dorado, the City of Gold.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Illustrations
- 1. The Gilded Man of Cundinamarca
- 2. The German Conquistadores
- 3. The Conquest of New Granada
- 4. El Dorado of the Omaguas
- 5. The Cruise of the Tyrant Aguirre
- 6. Many Seekers
- 7. The Journeys of Antonio De Berrio
- 8. Raleigh and the Gold of Manoa
- 9. The End of the Quest
- Bibliography
- Sources of Quoted Material
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Silverberg, Robert The Golden Dream
- ISBN:
- 9780821441022
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