| El Dorado Contributor(s): Hartmetz, Richard S. (Editor), Orczy, Baroness (Author) |
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ISBN: 1987562704 ISBN-13: 9781987562705 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 382 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A second location for El Dorado was inferred from rumors, which inspired several unsuccessful expeditions in the late 1500s in search of a city called Man a on the shores of Lake Parime. Two of the most famous of these expeditions were led by Sir Walter Raleigh. In pursuit of the legend, Spanish conquistadors and numerous others searched Colombia, Venezuela, and parts of Guyana and northern Brazil for the city and its fabulous king. In the course of these explorations, much of northern South America, including the Amazon River, was mapped. By the beginning of the 19th century, most people dismissed the existence of the city as a myth |