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In Quest of El Dorado

Stephen Graham (1884 - 1975)

Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps of the early Spanish conquistadores in the Americas: Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, Balboa, Coronado. (Summary by Steven Seitel)

Genre(s): Social Science (Culture & Anthropology), Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	00 Preface	Steven Seitel	00:03:27
Play 01	01 In Madrid	Steven Seitel	00:31:10
Play 02	02 En Route for Cadiz	Steven Seitel	00:12:02
Play 03	03 The Indies	Steven Seitel	00:14:30
Play 04	04 Porto Rico	Steven Seitel	00:20:07
Play 05	05 Santo Domingo and Haiti	Steven Seitel	00:37:24
Play 06	06 Cuba	Steven Seitel	00:18:50
Play 07	07 At Santa Fe	Steven Seitel	00:12:36
Play 08	08 Cowboys	Steven Seitel	00:16:53
Play 09	09 Indians	Steven Seitel	00:31:08
Play 10	10 Mexicans of New Mexico	Steven Seitel	00:13:41
Play 11	11 From New Mexico to the Isthmus	Steven Seitel	00:06:21
Play 12	12 Climbing a Peak in Darien	Steven Seitel	00:38:31
Play 13	13 Republics of Panama and Nicaragua	Steven Seitel	00:10:39
Play 14	14 The Canal	Steven Seitel	00:22:20
Play 15	15 Panama to New York	Steven Seitel	00:11:25
Play 16	16 America of Today Viewed from New York	Steven Seitel	00:27:34
Play 17	17 Across America North to South	Steven Seitel	00:12:36
Play 18	18 The Dance of the Jemez Indians	Steven Seitel	00:33:59
Play 19	19 The Dance of the Zunyi Indians	Steven Seitel	00:34:56
Play 20	20 Descent into the Grand Canyon	Steven Seitel	00:16:41
Play 21	21 Goodbye to the Horses	Steven Seitel	00:05:07
Play 22	22 The Gold	Steven Seitel	00:06:59
Play 23	23 Approaching Mexico from the North	Steven Seitel	00:20:49
Play 24	24 At Montezuma's Capital	Steven Seitel	00:23:29
Play 25	25 Ad Astra	Steven Seitel	01:11:19

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