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Excerpt: "Having voyaged twice to America from British ports and once from Copenhagen, I determined on my fourth visit to approach America from Spain and try to follow Columbus's keel over the waters. This study of the quest of El Dorado is mostly on the trail of the Spaniards. The motive of the first explorers and pioneers was generally the quest of gold. And even to-day most people who seek America do so to make money, many to make a fortune. There is, therefore, a continuity through the centuries of the quest of fortune."
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GenreHistory
Length9 hrs 2 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 27, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE
17CHAPTER XII CLIMBING A PEAK IN DARIEN
2BOOK I
18CHAPTER XIII REPUBLICS OF PANAMA AND NICARAGUA
3CHAPTER I IN MADRID
19CHAPTER XIV THE CANAL
4CHAPTER II EN ROUTE FOR CADIZ
20BOOK V
5BOOK II
21CHAPTER XV PANAMA TO NEW YORK
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6CHAPTER III THE COLUMBUS JOURNEY
22CHAPTER XVI AMERICA OF TO-DAY VIEWED FROM NEW YORK
7CHAPTER IV PORTO RICO
23CHAPTER XVII ACROSS AMERICA NORTH TO SOUTH
8CHAPTER V SANTO DOMINGO AND HAITI
24CHAPTER XVIII THE DANCE OF THE JEMEZ INDIANS
9CHAPTER VI CUBA
25CHAPTER XIX THE DANCE OF THE ZUNYI INDIANS
10BOOK III
26CHAPTER XX DESCENT INTO THE GRAND CAÑON
11CHAPTER VII AT SANTA FE
27CHAPTER XXI GOOD-BY TO THE HORSES
12CHAPTER VIII COWBOYS
28BOOK VI
13CHAPTER IX INDIANS
29CHAPTER XXII THE GOLD
14CHAPTER X MEXICANS OF NEW MEXICO
30CHAPTER XXIII APPROACHING MEXICO FROM THE NORTH
15BOOK IV
31CHAPTER XXIV AT MONTEZUMA'S CAPITAL
16CHAPTER XI FROM NEW MEXICO TO THE ISTHMUS
32CHAPTER XXV IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CORTES
