The Search for El Dorado
John Hemming
The Search for El Dorado - Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2001 - 224 pages
The El Dorado legend of a naked ruler who covered his body in gold dust became an obsession for conquistadores and successive adventures in search of the sacred gold of the Indians in Central and Southern America. John Hemming, author of Red Gold, tells of the cruelty of the explorers but also of the indescribable hardships they suffered. A beguiling book illustrated with images from the Gold Museum in Bogota.
9781842124451
46651566
2002327007
History - So/Cent Am
E121.H45
980
The Search for El Dorado - Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2001 - 224 pages
The El Dorado legend of a naked ruler who covered his body in gold dust became an obsession for conquistadores and successive adventures in search of the sacred gold of the Indians in Central and Southern America. John Hemming, author of Red Gold, tells of the cruelty of the explorers but also of the indescribable hardships they suffered. A beguiling book illustrated with images from the Gold Museum in Bogota.
9781842124451
46651566
2002327007
History - So/Cent Am
E121.H45
980