Keith Thomson
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"Charts a legendary two-year expedition by three hundred pirates in the year 1680 to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline of Central and South America, raiding cities, mines, and merchant ships, as well as their sensational trial back in England"--Provided by publisher.
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"As early as 1530, reports of El Dorado, a city of gold in the South American interior, beckoned to European explorers. Whether there was any truth to the stories remained to be seen, but the allure of unimaginable riches was enough to ensnare dozens of would-be heroes and glory hounds in the desperate hunt. Among them was Sir Walter Raleigh: ambitious courtier, confidant to Queen Elizabeth, and, before long, El Dorado fanatic. Entering the Elizabethan...