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Evan S. Connell.
El Dorado and Other Pursuits.
Published London: Pimlico, 2002 (previously issued by Holt Rhinehart & Winston, 1979, under the title A Long Desire).
ISBN 0712668179;
ISBN-13: 9780712668170.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: Mackays of Chatham.
Size: 153x233x21mm.
Page count: 275pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: this copy is unused, but showing signs of storage: in particular the covers are rather grubby and the pages are starting to yellow with age.


This item £5.00
plus P&P £3.00 within the UK
(delivery outside the UK not currently available)

[Publisher’s price £12.50]
Weight without packaging: 375g.

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No particular medieval emphasis. A series of essays looking at various 'explorers, visionaries, and seekers compelled by a singular desire'. Includes accounts of Marco Polo, El Dorado, Paracelsus, Columbus, the Innocents' Crusade, Magellan, Mary Kingsley (a Victorian naturalist), and Ibn Batuta.

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