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The Search for El Dorado

The Search for El Dorado

by JohnHemming (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

    $4.19

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    Hardcover 1978

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Synopsis

The El Dorado legend of a naked ruler who covered his body in gold dust became an obsession for conquistadores and successive adventurers 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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: New
 Publisher: W&N
Published: 20 Sep 2001
ISBN 10: 1842124455
ISBN 13: 9781842124451
Book Overview: Beautifully illustrated, partly in colour Includes many of the author's own photographs Stunning pictures of original Aztec and Inca artefacts

Author Bio
John Hemming has long been interested in the conquest period of South America. He has experienced expeditions cutting into unexplored Amazon forest, and has visited many American Indian tribes, notably on the upper Amazon, on the hills of the Brazilian-Venezuelan frontier, in the interior of the Guianas, and along the length of the Andes. He is a former Director and Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society.