Author: Jonathan Kandell
Publisher:
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781850890263
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Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780349120676
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jonathan Kandell
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 1991-08
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780380714995
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dave Hollett
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780838638194
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"At the instigation of William Gladstone, this challenge was met by implementing a controversial plan he had conceived, namely, the recruitment and importation of indentured workers from various places, but primarily from India, then the "jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire. This book is the story of these immigrants, who were transported from one side of the globe to another, almost exclusively in sailing ships."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: H. W. Brands
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2019-10-22
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 1541672534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.
Author: Stephen Graham
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2021-11-05
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book was written by the travel writer Stephen Graham and documents his quest in search of El Dorado, the hidden kingdom made entirely from gold. He voyaged to Spain, Mexico, and Panama to seek this undiscovered empire and though he did not find it in the end, his notes on the places he visited are of great value to those who'd like to follow in his footsteps.
Author: Jacob Adrien Van Heuvel
Publisher:
Published: 1844
Total Pages: 204
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Published: 1854
Total Pages: 952
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Peter O. Koch
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2021-06-21
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1476684871
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book traces the origin of the legend of El Dorado and the various expeditions that set out to locate that mysterious land of untold wealth in South America. Motivated by both fanciful rumors of a golden city ruled by a man who coated himself daily with gold dust, and the more practical allure of a region abundant in cinnamon trees (a spice that was worth its weight in gold to Europeans), many conquistadors convinced themselves that another native empire awaited their conquest. These quests for fortune and glory would lead to an encounter with fierce female warriors who were believed to be the Amazons of ancient Greek lore, and the discovery of the mighty river later named for the legendary Amazon tribe. The first half of this book details the lesser-known accounts of German interest in locating the wealth of a golden kingdom called Xerira and an elusive passage at Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo which supposedly led to the Pacific Ocean. The second section focuses on the various Spanish efforts to discover El Dorado, each of which was eventually doomed to despair, disappointment, and death.