The Quest for El Dorado: Sir Walter Ralegh and the Search for the City of Gold

A new history of the Renaissance’s greatest feat of exploration: Sir Walter Ralegh's search for the legendary city of El Dorado, by New York Times bestselling author David Gibbins.

In 1594, English adventurer Sir Walter Ralegh heard the story of a lost city in South America from a Spanish conquistador. Setting out from Plymouth in February 1595, Ralegh reached the mouth of the Orinoco River and traveled over four hundred miles inland to find it. Along the way, he captured galleons full of tr...