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El Dorado: Being a Narrative of the Circumstances which Gave Rise to Reports, in the Sixteenth Century, of the Existence of a Rich and Splendid City in South America, to which that Name was Given, and which Led to Many Enterprises in Search of it; Including a Defence of Sir Walter Raleigh, in Regard
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Raleigh having promised Queen Elizabeth a "gold-rich empire more lucrative than Peru", King James was probably a little more willing to temporarily forgive Raleigh's charge of treason to see if he could find the place he had claimed to have found, and make it profitable. But the scholar argues that
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The Discouerie of the Large, Rich, and Bevvtiful Empyre of Guiana: With a Relation of the Great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spanyards Call El Dorado) and the Prouinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia, and Other Countries, with Their Riuers, Adioyning : Performed in the Yeare
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on 1617–18. At Raleigh's subsequent trial, he was not only tried for treason against the crown for disobeying King James I's orders to avoid engaging in combat with the Spanish, but, argues one scholar, also for essentially lying about the abundance of gold to be had in Guiana.
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One modern scholar remarks of this journey, "Although the expedition itself was hardly a success—Raleigh conquered no lands, found no stores of wealth, and discovered little not observed by earlier adventurers—he created a triumph for himself by publishing
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this came from Raleigh's prodigious literary skill, wherein he was able to make it sound like he had found much gold, but without ever saying or relating the precise finding of it, or bringing anything back.
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to the Relations Made by Him Respecting It, and a Nation of Female Warriors, in the Vicinity of the Amazon, in the Narrative of His Expedition to the Oronoke in 1595
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The discovery of the large, rich, and beautiful Empire of Guiana, with a relation of the great and golden city of Manoa (which the Spaniards call El Dorado)
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Black, Joseph. "Sir Walter Ralegh." The Broadview Anthology of British Literature. 2nd ed. Vol. 1. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview, 2009. 334. Print.
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The title page shows people without necks. Raleigh's dubious report that such people lived in Guiana may have given Shakespeare a line for
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100-dollar gold coin (1976), commemorating the book and 10 years of independence from British rule
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The Discovery of Guiana, and the Journal of the Second Voyage Thereto by Sir Walter Raleigh
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Brevis & admiranda descriptio regni Guianae, avri abundantissimi, in America
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He returned to Guiana in 1617 after a twelve-year imprisonment at the hands of
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Fuller, Mary C. "Raleigh's Fugitive Gold: Reference and Deferral in
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The Discovery of Guiana by Sir Walter Ralegh: With Related Documents
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However, there are references in classical literature to
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Sir Walter Raleigh
his 1595 journey to Guiana
Guayana
El Dorado
Raleigh's El Dorado Expedition
Queen Elizabeth I
ladies-in-waiting
extort
Othello
Anthropophagi
headless men

Guyanese
Venezuela
El Callao
King James I
Lawrence Keymis
river Orinoco
The Discouerie of the Large, Rich, and Bevvtiful Empyre of Guiana: With a Relation of the Great and Golden Citie of Manoa (which the Spanyards Call El Dorado) and the Prouinces of Emeria, Arromaia, Amapaia, and Other Countries, with Their Riuers, Adioyning : Performed in the Yeare 1595
The Discovery of Guiana, and the Journal of the Second Voyage Thereto by Sir Walter Raleigh






El Dorado: Being a Narrative of the Circumstances which Gave Rise to Reports, in the Sixteenth Century, of the Existence of a Rich and Splendid City in South America, to which that Name was Given, and which Led to Many Enterprises in Search of it; Including a Defence of Sir Walter Raleigh, in Regard to the Relations Made by Him Respecting It, and a Nation of Female Warriors, in the Vicinity of the Amazon, in the Narrative of His Expedition to the Oronoke in 1595
Pitch Lake
Lake Parime

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