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The Search for El Dorado

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 2001Description: 224 pagesISBN:
  • 9781842124451
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 980
LOC classification:
  • E121.H45
Summary: 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.
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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.

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