The Creature in the Map: A Journey to El Dorado |  | Author: Charles Nicholl
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 2,312,306
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st U.S. ed
Pages: 398
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 5.9 x 1.7
ISBN: 0688146007
EAN: 9780688146009
ASIN: 0688146007
Publication Date: March 1996
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A contemporary retracing of the original 1595 journey led by Sir Walter Raleigh starts with Raleigh's curious ""charte"" in the British Museum and follows the labyrinthine Delta of the Orinoco River up into the Guiana Highlands.
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In May 1595, a hundred Englishmen - "gentlemen, soldiers, rowers, boat-keepers, boys, and of all sorts" - rowed up a river in South America in search of the lost golden city of El Dorado. They were led by Sir Walter Ralegh, forty years old, ready to hazard his fading reputation on this doomed gamble. Four hundred years later Charles Nicholl follows their trail into the strange terrain of this enduring international obsession. The journey begins with Ralegh's curious "charte" in the British Museum and leads through the labrynthine delta of the Orinoco River and up to the rugged highlands of southern Venezuela. In this vivid reconstruction, Charles Nicholl blends solid historical scholarship with idiosyncratic modern reportage in a unique and entertaining mix
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