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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

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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 / by J.A. Van Heuvel.
Author
Van Heuvel, J. A. (Jacob Adrien), 1787-1874.
Publication
New York : J. Winchester [c1844]

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viii, 165 p. : fold. map; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618
  • El Dorado
  • Guyana > Description and travel
Note
  • 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.
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HEA (Van Heuvel, J. A. El Dorado)
LCCN
02011751
OCLC
2946257
Author
Van Heuvel, J. A. (Jacob Adrien), 1787-1874.
Title
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 / by J.A. Van Heuvel.
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New York : J. Winchester [c1844]
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