Author: LORIMER, Joyce (Ed.) (Walter Ralegh)
Title: Sir Walter Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana. Third Series. (with Pamphlet "Untruth and Consequences"). Hakluyt Society. Series III Volume 15.
Description: London, Published by Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, 2006. An excellent copy in original light-blue dust-wrapper. Unused. 11 figures. Complete as published. 22pp pamphlet "Joyce Lorimer Annual Lecture 2006 Untruth and Consequences: Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana and the 'Salting of the Gold Mine' " loosely enclosed Used; Like New Sir Walter Ralegh's account of his 1595 expedition to the Orinoco in search of the fabled empire of El Dorado was an immediate publishing success and is one of the most important pieces of Elizabethan travel literature. Hardback.

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