In Quest of El Dorado

by Stephen Graham

Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)Travel & Geography

26 chapters9h 14mEnglish1923

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Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps of the early Spanish conquistadores in the Americas: Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, Balboa, Coronado. (Summary by Steven Seitel)

Chapters (25)

101 In Madrid

1870

202 En Route for Cadiz

722

303 The Indies

870

404 Porto Rico

1207

505 Santo Domingo and Haiti

2244

606 Cuba

1130

707 At Santa Fe

756

808 Cowboys

1013

909 Indians

1868

1010 Mexicans of New Mexico

821

1111 From New Mexico to the Isthmus

381

1212 Climbing a Peak in Darien

2311

1313 Republics of Panama and Nicaragua

639

1414 The Canal

1340

1515 Panama to New York

685

1616 America of Today Viewed from New York

1654

1717 Across America North to South

756

1818 The Dance of the Jemez Indians

2039

1919 The Dance of the Zunyi Indians

2096

2020 Descent into the Grand Canyon

1001

2121 Goodbye to the Horses

307

2222 The Gold

419

2323 Approaching Mexico from the North

1249

2424 At Montezuma's Capital

1409

2525 Ad Astra

4279

In Quest of El Dorado

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Chapters (25)

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