The Discovery of the Large, Rich, and Beautiful Empire of Guiana
With a Relation of the Great and Golden City of Manoa... Performed in the Year 1595, by Sir W. Ralegh, Knt

An edition of Sir Walter Raleigh's 1596 account of his discoveries in South America, including the city of El Dorado.

Walter Raleigh (Author), Robert H. Schomburgk (Edited by)

9781108008006, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 February 2010

338 pages, 1 map
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.43 kg

The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This volume, edited by Robert Schomburgk and first published in 1848, presents documents written by Sir Walter Raleigh following his expeditions to Guyana in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The title text recounts the events of Raleigh's first voyage, including his encounters with the Spanish and the quest for the legendary city of Manoa, and is accompanied by two documents that had not previously been published. The book also includes a detailed introduction and extensive explanatory notes, providing key biographical and historical information.

Editor's preface
Introduction
Dedicatory
To the reader
The discovery of Guiana
An abstract
Letters taken at sea
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 [HBLH]