El Dorado in the marshes : gold, slaves and souls between the Andes and the Amazon /

The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. As t...

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Main Author:	Livi Bacci, Massimo
Format:	Book
Language:	English Italian
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, c2010.
Edition:	English ed.
Subjects:	Jesuits > Missions > Bolivia > Moxos. Gold mines and mining > Bolivia > History. Mojo Indians > History. El Dorado. Moxos (Bolivia) > Discovery and exploration > Spanish.