💎 Sir Walter Ralegh's discoverie of Guiana Hakluyt Society Third Series 15

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This scholarly edition presents one of the most important texts of Elizabethan travel literature: Sir Walter Ralegh's account of his 1595 expedition to the Orinoco River in search of the legendary kingdom of El Dorado.

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Edited by Joyce Lorimer for the Hakluyt Society, the volume reproduces and annotates a previously unpublished manuscript version of Ralegh's narrative alongside the printed text, offering unique insight into the evolution of one of the most influential exploration accounts of the early modern period.

Included with this copy is the Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2006: Untruth and Consequences: Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana and the "Salting" of the Gold Mine by Joyce Lorimer (22 pages).

The Hakluyt Society, Third Series No. 15, 2006. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated. Correspondence, references and index.

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