Bibliograph

Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado, Marc Aronson

Type

Label

Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado, Marc Aronson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

42296396

Responsibility statement

Marc Aronson

resource.studyProgramName

Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 7.8, 11.0, 22081.45212., Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 8.2, 8.0.

Summary

Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World

Table Of Contents

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification