In Quest of El Dorado

4.8 (6 critiques)

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)

Chapitres

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00 Preface	3:27	Lu par Steven Seitel
01 In Madrid	31:10	Lu par Steven Seitel
02 En Route for Cadiz	12:02	Lu par Steven Seitel
03 The Indies	14:30	Lu par Steven Seitel
04 Porto Rico	20:07	Lu par Steven Seitel
05 Santo Domingo and Haiti	37:24	Lu par Steven Seitel
06 Cuba	18:50	Lu par Steven Seitel
07 At Santa Fe	12:36	Lu par Steven Seitel
08 Cowboys	16:53	Lu par Steven Seitel
09 Indians	31:08	Lu par Steven Seitel
10 Mexicans of New Mexico	13:41	Lu par Steven Seitel
11 From New Mexico to the Isthmus	6:21	Lu par Steven Seitel
12 Climbing a Peak in Darien	38:31	Lu par Steven Seitel
13 Republics of Panama and Nicaragua	10:39	Lu par Steven Seitel
14 The Canal	22:20	Lu par Steven Seitel
15 Panama to New York	11:25	Lu par Steven Seitel
16 America of Today Viewed from New York	27:34	Lu par Steven Seitel
17 Across America North to South	12:36	Lu par Steven Seitel
18 The Dance of the Jemez Indians	33:59	Lu par Steven Seitel
19 The Dance of the Zunyi Indians	34:56	Lu par Steven Seitel
20 Descent into the Grand Canyon	16:41	Lu par Steven Seitel
21 Goodbye to the Horses	5:07	Lu par Steven Seitel
22 The Gold	6:59	Lu par Steven Seitel
23 Approaching Mexico from the North	20:49	Lu par Steven Seitel
24 At Montezuma's Capital	23:29	Lu par Steven Seitel
25 Ad Astra	1:11:19	Lu par Steven Seitel

Critiques

Needs 10 stars!!

(5 étoiles)

Sandyjeans

I stumbled onto this audiobook on librivox.org called "In Quest of El Dorado" by Stephen Graham. Written in 1924, it's a real eye-opening history book re: politics, cultures, society, geography, attitudes, etc, etc from the viewpoint of an avid British traveler in the time between the world wars delving into the whole European quest for new world gold from pre-columbus thru his time. I learned SO MUCH about central and south american history!! So much never covered in school. I dont always agree with his opinions, esp in the last chapter, but having spent my 69 years in the southwest except for almost 4 years living in Mexico and Guatemala, i can see why he says what he does, I just interpret it differently. I STRONGLY recommend everyone read/listen to it at least once. I plan to read it several times to catch things i missed.