Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado
Marc Aronson (Author)
Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World
Print Book, English, 2000
Clarion Books, a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint, New York, 2000
Biographies
xviii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9780395848272, 039584827X
42296396
Map of Voyages to the New World
Cast of Characters
Prologue: Between Paradise and the Serpent's Mouth
The Golden Man
What Was El Dorado?
Rising
From Devon to the Wars
How England Became England
Family and Faith
The Most Grievous Calamity
The Queen's Problem
The Queen's Progress
Plantations
Gallant Captain
Fortune's Favor
The Lost Colony
Near to Heaven by Sea
A Land of Plenty
The First Colony: Ireland in America
An Ingenious People
Dreams and Mirages
An El Dorado in Ireland
Captains and Maids
The New Hope and the Terrible Year
The Armada
The Agony of John White
El Dorado
The Lie
All the World's a Stage
The Mother of Prizes
Beyond the Horizon
The Discovery of the Golden Kingdom
My Lord of Essex
Mischievous Matchivel
The Play of Treason
Prologue: The Royal Hunt
James's Double Game
Ralegh Takes Center Stage
Plays Within Plays
The Story of Our Days
Endgame
Proving a Myth
Sharp Medicine
Time Line