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The Creature in the Map, A Journey to El Dorado

The Creature in the Map, A Journey to El Dorado

by Charles Nicholl

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 398 PAGES

Nicholl uncovers fascinating facts about the original, ill-fated 16th-century voyage of Sir Walter Ralegh while describing his own experiences on the Orinoco river of today in this meeditative account of a quest for the golden city of El Dorado.  (VNZ05, $22.50)


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