El Dorado in the Marshes: Gold, Slaves and Souls between the Andes and the AmazonISBN: 978-0-7456-4552-0
Hardcover
368 pages
December 2009, Polity
 Other Available Formats: Paperback
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An enthralling account of the Spanish search for gold in the Americas and the myth of 'the gilded man'.
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Livi Bacci is an outstanding historian and demographer of the early modern period.
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This is beautifully illustrated throughout, with paintings from the time and stunning photographs of the gold artefacts.
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This compelling study will appeal to all those interested in this history of colonialization as well as the interested general reader.
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