Aronson, Marc, <br/><br/>
Sir Walter Ralegh and the quest for El Dorado / 
Marc Aronson. 
 - xviii, 222 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Map of Voyages to the New World -- Cast of Characters -- Prologue: Between Paradise and the Serpent's Mouth -- The Golden Man -- What Was El Dorado? -- Rising -- From Devon to the Wars -- How England Became England -- Family and Faith -- The Most Grievous Calamity -- The Queen's Problem -- The Queen's Progress -- Plantations -- Gallant Captain -- Fortune's Favor -- The Lost Colony -- Near to Heaven by Sea -- A Land of Plenty -- The First Colony: Ireland in America -- An Ingenious People -- Dreams and Mirages -- An El Dorado in Ireland -- Captains and Maids -- The New Hope and the Terrible Year -- The Armada -- The Agony of John White -- El Dorado -- The Lie -- All the World's a Stage -- The Mother of Prizes -- Beyond the Horizon -- The Discovery of the Golden Kingdom -- My Lord of Essex -- Mischievous Matchivel -- The Play of Treason -- Prologue: The Royal Hunt -- James's Double Game -- Ralegh Takes Center Stage -- Plays Within Plays -- The Story of Our Days -- Endgame -- Proving a Myth -- Sharp Medicine -- Time Line. 
<br/><br/> Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New World. 
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<br/><br/> Boston-Globe-Horn Book Award, 2000  Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, 2001, ALA Notable Children's Book, 2001. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780395848272 039584827X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99043096  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Raleigh, Walter, Sir,  1552?-1618 --Juvenile literature.<br/>Raleigh, Walter, Sir,  1552?-1618. <br/>Raleigh, Walter.<br/>Raleigh, Walter, Sir,  approximately 1552-1618. <br/>Raleigh, Walter.<br/>Raleigh, Walter, Sir,  1552?-1618. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Explorers--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Explorers.<br/>Explorers--Great Britain--Biography.<br/>Courts and courtiers.<br/>Discoveries in geography.<br/>Explorers.<br/>American dream
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Court and courtiers--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>Guiana--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature.<br/>Great Britain--Court and courtiers.<br/>Guiana--Discovery and exploration.<br/>South America--Guiana.<br/>Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.<br/>Juvenile works.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DA86.22.R2  / A76 2000 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>942.05/5/092  B