The miraculous lie : Lope de Aguirre and the search for El Dorado in the Latin American historical novel /

The miraculous lie : Lope de Aguirre and the search for El Dorado in the Latin American historical novel / Bart L. Lewis.

The 1559 expedition led by Pedro de Ursua and the crippled and infamous Basque horse trainer Lope de Aquirre was the most renowned and controversial attempt to find the mythical gold treasure of El Dorado in the New World, says Lewis (modern languages, U. of Texas- Arlington). He analyzes some of th...

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Main Author: Lewis, Bart L., 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]
Subjects:
Aguirre, Lope de, > 1510-1561 > In literature.
Historical fiction, Spanish American > History and criticism.
Spanish American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
El Dorado in literature.
South America > History > 16th century > Historiography.

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Call Number: PQ7082.H57 L49 2003
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