Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado / Marc Aronson.
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TextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, 2000Description: xviii, 222 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 039584827X; 9780395848272Subject(s): Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618 -- Juvenile literature | Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Great Britain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | Guiana -- Discovery and exploration -- Juvenile literature
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Summary: Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World.
Map of Voyages to the New World -- Cast of Characters -- Prologue: Between Paradise and the Serpent's Mouth -- The Golden Man -- What Was El Dorado? -- Rising -- From Devon to the Wars -- How England Became England -- Family and Faith -- The Most Grievous Calamity -- The Queen's Problem -- The Queen's Progress -- Plantations -- Gallant Captain -- Fortune's Favor -- The Lost Colony -- Near to Heaven by Sea -- A Land of Plenty -- The First Colony: Ireland in America -- An Ingenious People -- Dreams and Mirages -- An El Dorado in Ireland -- Captains and Maids -- The New Hope and the Terrible Year -- The Armada -- The Agony of John White -- El Dorado -- The Lie -- All the World's a Stage -- The Mother of Prizes -- Beyond the Horizon -- The Discovery of the Golden Kingdom -- My Lord of Essex -- Mischievous Matchivel -- The Play of Treason -- Prologue: The Royal Hunt -- James's Double Game -- Ralegh Takes Center Stage -- Plays Within Plays -- The Story of Our Days -- Endgame -- Proving a Myth -- Sharp Medicine -- Time Line.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Map of Voyages to the New World -- Cast of Characters -- Prologue: Between Paradise and the Serpent's Mouth -- The Golden Man -- What Was El Dorado? -- Rising -- From Devon to the Wars -- How England Became England -- Family and Faith -- The Most Grievous Calamity -- The Queen's Problem -- The Queen's Progress -- Plantations -- Gallant Captain -- Fortune's Favor -- The Lost Colony -- Near to Heaven by Sea -- A Land of Plenty -- The First Colony: Ireland in America -- An Ingenious People -- Dreams and Mirages -- An El Dorado in Ireland -- Captains and Maids -- The New Hope and the Terrible Year -- The Armada -- The Agony of John White -- El Dorado -- The Lie -- All the World's a Stage -- The Mother of Prizes -- Beyond the Horizon -- The Discovery of the Golden Kingdom -- My Lord of Essex -- Mischievous Matchivel -- The Play of Treason -- Prologue: The Royal Hunt -- James's Double Game -- Ralegh Takes Center Stage -- Plays Within Plays -- The Story of Our Days -- Endgame -- Proving a Myth -- Sharp Medicine -- Time Line.
Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World.
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