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

Date:

[©1844]

Author:

Van Heuvel, J. A. (Jacob Adrien), 1787-1874.

Collecting Area:

Rare Books

Call Number:

E 129 R2 V2 LOCAL

Publisher:

J. Winchester

Physical Description:

viii, 165 pages : folded map ; 22 cm

Notes:

The author's name was originally Vanden Heuvel. He was authorized by act of legislature Feb. 8, 1832, to assume the name of Van Heuvel. cf. F. B. Hough, History of St. Lawrence and Franklin countries, p.417. LOCAL

Subjects:

El Dorado, El Dorado, and Travel

Names:

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 and Raleigh, Walter, Sir, approximately 1552-1618

Geographic Terms:

Guyana Description and travel and Guyana