Author: RALEIGH, WALTER. Harlow, V.T. (ed.).
Title: The discoverie of the large and bewtiful Empire of Guiana by sir Walter Ralegh. [sic.]. [Serie title: The discoveries of Guiana].
Description: London, 1928. [Reprint Amst. 1971]. 182 pp. B./w. ills. Imit. leather. (Argonaut Pess 5).The Discovery of Guiana is a book by Sir Walter Raleigh, who wrote this account one year after his 1595 journey to Guiana, the Venezuelan region of Guayana. The book includes some material of a factual nature, but postulates the existence of a gold-rich civilisation on the basis of little evidence.

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