Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado
By: Marc Aronson
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780395848272
Subjects: Hof; Court and courtiers; American dream; Jugendsachbuch; Suche; Biographie; Juvenile literature; Explorers; Biography; Discovery and exploration
Description: Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2001.
Table of contents: title: Map of Voyages to the New World; title: Cast of Characters; title: Prologue: Between Paradise and the Serpent's Mouth; title: The Golden Man; title: What Was El Dorado?; title: Rising; title: From Devon to the Wars; title: How England Became England; title: Family and Faith; title: The Most Grievous Calamity; title: The Queen's Problem; title: The Queen's Progress; title: Plantations; title: Gallant Captain; title: Fortune's Favor; title: The Lost Colony; title: Near to Heaven by Sea; title: A Land of Plenty; title: The First Colony: Ireland in America; title: An Ingenious People; title: Dreams and Mirages; title: An El Dorado in Ireland; title: Captains and Maids; title: The New Hope and the Terrible Year; title: The Armada; title: The Agony of John White; title: El Dorado; title: The Lie; title: All the World's a Stage; title: The Mother of Prizes; title: Beyond the Horizon; title: The Discovery of the Golden Kingdom; title: My Lord of Essex; title: Mischievous Matchivel; title: The Play of Treason; title: Prologue: The Royal Hunt; title: James's Double Game; title: Ralegh Takes Center Stage; title: Plays Within Plays; title: The Story of Our Days; title: Endgame; title: Proving a Myth; title: Sharp Medicine; title: Time Line.