El Dorado
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Excerpt from El Dorado: Bring a Narrative of the Circumstance Which Gave Rise to Reports, in the Sixteenth Century, of the Existence of a Rich and Splendid City in South America, to Which That Name Was Given, and Which to Many Enterprises in Search of It; Including a Defence Of Among the distinguished names which shine in the pages of Modern History, scarce any holds a more conspicuous place than Sir Walter Raleigh. And equally to an American as to the inhabitants of his own country, is his history interesting, as his enterprising spirit first led to the discovery of that part of North America which is now the United States; and made the first attempts to colonize it - whence he has been called the Father of American Colonization. His brilliant and varied talents, his bold and daring genius, his chivalric courage; his services to his country, both by land and sea, which were the fruits of these qualities, particularly his maritime expeditions; combined with his ardent love of science and his extensive knowledge - and in the end, his melancholy fate, have often been portrayed by writers of his own country, with enthusiastic admiration, mingled with deep sympathy and regret. A portion of his life may, however, it is believed, even now, from a further knowledge of facts, be more fully elucidated. The melancholy catastrophe of it, had its origin in various expeditions which he made during a long period to Guyana, in South America, in pursuit of the fabled city of El Dorado - supposed by him - to be within its limits and of the rich mineral treasures with which it abounded. But this part of his life has been less particularly examined than any other. While the sentence against him has been denounced, with unqualified condemnation, by historians generally, for the grounds on which it was founded, as unjust, tyrannical and oppressive; the censures he became subject to, from the representations he made of that country, as a weak victim to credulity, or the dishonest fabricator of the glowing accounts he gave of it, made, it was alleged, with the view of regaining the favor of an offended sovereign, have continued, yet, to throw some shade on the fame of this illustrious man. My attention has been directed to this portion of his life, by a visit I made, some years since, to a part of British Guyana; which led me to consult cotemporary voyagers to that and other parts of Guyana, and later writers, who have described it; and the result of my careful investigation of the subject, aided by a few facts I then obtained, has thrown some light on the Narrative of his first voyage to that region, which furnished the ground of the invectives of his enemies; and enabled me to place his character, in regard to it, in a more advantageous light than it has heretofore been viewed in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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