With an introduction by Clements R. Markham. Translated by William Bollaert. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1861 edition by the Hakluyt Society, London.
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the greatest story never retold,
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This review is from: The Expedition of Pedro De Ursua & Lope De Aguirre in Search of El Dorado and Omagua in 1560-1 (Works Issued By the Hakluyt Society, 1st Ser., 28) (Hardcover)
you've seen the herzog movie now read the participants' own account! available at all good libraries (about the only place you'll find this book unfortunately). one of the most bizarre journeys ever undertaken during the golden age of exploitation. i get lost with words trying to describe this book. i guess you could describe it with all of the usual superlatives about 'testimony to the human spirit', 'indominable willpower of men' but this quest for god, glory and gold rapidly descends into an exploration of greed, power and survival. it's well worth reading the original text of the journey, it's endlessly fascinating as the journey moves through the andes with hope and then down the amazon with horror. march on.
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1. THE Captain Pedro de Ursua entered the city of Santa Fe, in the New Kingdom of Granada, with his uncle the licentiate Miguel Diaz de Armendariz, the first Juez de Residencia, who arrived there after the discovery of the kingdom, and settlement of the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maestro del campo, mayor del campo, alguazil mayor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Fernando, Pedro de Ursua, Lope de Aguirre, Martin Perez, Juan de Vargas, Santo Domingo, Pablo Collado, Royal Audience, Diego Garcia de Paredes, Doņa Inez, Garcia del Arze, Nombre de Dios, Sancho Pizarro, Don Juan, Rio Negro, Juan de Aguirre, Gonzalo Pizarro, Pedro Bravo de la Molina, Santa Cruz, Diego Tirado, Juan Alonso de la Bandera, Pedro Ramiro, Anton Llamoso, Don Philip, Francisco Hernandez Giron New!
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1. THE Captain Pedro de Ursua entered the city of Santa Fe, in the New Kingdom of Granada, with his uncle the licentiate Miguel Diaz de Armendariz, the first Juez de Residencia, who arrived there after the discovery of the kingdom, and settlement of the city. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
maestro del campo, mayor del campo, alguazil mayor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Fernando, Pedro de Ursua, Lope de Aguirre, Martin Perez, Juan de Vargas, Santo Domingo, Pablo Collado, Royal Audience, Diego Garcia de Paredes, Doņa Inez, Garcia del Arze, Nombre de Dios, Sancho Pizarro, Don Juan, Rio Negro, Juan de Aguirre, Gonzalo Pizarro, Pedro Bravo de la Molina, Santa Cruz, Diego Tirado, Juan Alonso de la Bandera, Pedro Ramiro, Anton Llamoso, Don Philip, Francisco Hernandez Giron New!
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- His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof (Hakluyt Society First Ser, Nos 14 and 15) by Juan Gonzalez De Mendoza in Front Matter
- India In The Fifteenth Century by Richard Henry Major in Front Matter
- The Museum: Behind the Scenes at the British Museum by Rupert Smith in Front Matter
- Henry Hudson the Navigator by George Michael Asher in Front Matter
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