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001 95023572
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008 950623t19961995nyuab b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aE121$b.N53 1996
082 00 $a918.804/1$220
100 1 $aNicholl, Charles.
245 14 $aThe creature in the map :$ba journey to El Dorado /$cCharles Nicholl.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bW. Morrow and Co.,$c[1996],c1995.
300 $axii, 398 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 377-381) and index.
520 1 $a"A highly readable and authoritative account of Walter Raleigh's failed expedition up the Orinoco river to find the fabled El Dorado in mid-1595. Based largely on first-hand accounts such as the Raleigh's own The Discoverie of Guiana, Francis Sparry's testimony, and the author's retracing of Raleigh's route, the book not only recounts the expedition itself but also explicates the cultural myth of El Dorado that animated explorers and conquerors like Raleigh and the Spaniard Antonio de Berrío"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 $aEl Dorado.
600 10 $aRaleigh, Walter,$cSir,$d1552?-1618$xTravel$zGuiana.
651 0 $aGuiana$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aSouth America$xDescription and travel.
600 10 $aNicholl, Charles$xTravel$zSouth America.