The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History by V.S. Naipaul

The Loss of El Dorado: A Colonial History by V.S. NaipaulThe history of Trinidad begins with a delusion: the belief that somewhere nearby on the South American mainland lay El Dorado, the mythical kingdom of gold. In this extraordinary and often gripping book, V. S. Naipaulhimself a native of Trinidadshows how that delusion drew a small island into the vortex of world events, making it the object of Spanish and English colonial designs and a mecca for treasure seekers, slave traders, and revolutionaries.

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