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The Creature in the Map: A Journey to El Dorado
Charles Nicholl
The Creature in the Map: A Journey to El Dorado
Charles Nicholl
A reconstruction of Sir Walter Raleigh's 1595 South American journey, this book combines scholarship with travelogue, and offers an understanding of the meanings of the El Dorado myth. It seeks to analyze and bring to life the experience of Raleigh's voyage to the Orinoco Delta.
398 pages, 18 halftones, 4 maps, 10 line drawings
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 31, 1995 |
ISBN13 | 9780226580258 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 398 |
Dimensions | 153 × 278 × 22 mm · 498 g |
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