Robert Southey
First published in 1821, Robert Southey’s ''Expedition of Orsua and the Crimes of Aguirre'' is the first account in English of one of the earliest expeditions down the Amazon River, made in the years 1560-1 by a renegade band of Spanish conquistadors in search of El Dorado.
This sensational story features mutiny, madness, and murder– the total breakdown of order among power-hungry colonists as they...
First published in 1821, Robert Southey’s ''Expedition of Orsua and the Crimes of Aguirre'' is the first account in English of one of the earliest expeditions down the Amazon River, made in the years 1560-1 by a renegade band of Spanish conquistadors in search of El Dorado.
This sensational story features mutiny, madness, and murder– the total breakdown of order among power-hungry colonists as they...