The discoverie of the large, rich and bewtiful empyre of Guiana
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The discoverie of the large, rich and bewtiful empyre of Guiana
（Exploring travel）
Manchester University Press, 1997
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780719048999
Description
"The Discoverie", by Walter Raleigh, narrates his expedition to South America in quest of an indigenous 'empire' in the highlands of Guiana. Military encounters with the Spanish, diplomatic encounters with native kings, and enigmatic encounters with monstrous marvels, are woven into a near-mystic quest for hidden gold. However, because of these apparently fantastical elements, this key text on the European expansion into the Americas remains poorly understood. Newly transcribed and annotated, this edition for the first time provides an anthropological commentary of the original edition of "The discoverie" and challenges existing evaluations of both Raleigh and of early travel texts more generally.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the "Discoverie" as enchanted text - the "Discoverie" as geography and history, thr "Discoverie" as literary text and epic fiction, anthropology and colonial text, text and testament - the "Discoverie" in context
- the "Discoverie" in ethnological text - capitaynes, cassiques and Incan imperialists, golden metals - colonial desire, native practice, signs and symbols, amazons, acephali and cannibals, the colonial mirror - images from the "Discoverie". Part 2 "The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana": the epistle dedicatorie
- to the reader
- the discoverie of Guiana
- an advertisement to the reader
- letters taken at sea by Captaine Popham.
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: pbk ISBN 9780719051760
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Table of Contents
- Part 1 Introduction: the "Discoverie" as enchanted text - the "Discoverie" as geography and history, thr "Discoverie" as literary text and epic fiction, anthropology and colonial text, text and testament - the "Discoverie" in context
- the "Discoverie" in ethnological text - capitaynes, cassiques and Incan imperialists, golden metals - colonial desire, native practice, signs and symbols, amazons, acephali and cannibals, the colonial mirror - images from the "Discoverie". Part 2 "The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana": the epistle dedicatorie
- to the reader
- the discoverie of Guiana
- an advertisement to the reader
- letters taken at sea by Captaine Popham.
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