WORKS ISSUED BY

The Hakluyt Society.

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THE DISCOVERY OF

THE EMPIRE OF GUIANA,

BY

SIR WALTER RALEGH, Knight.

M.DCCC.XLVIII.

THE

DISCOVERY

OF THE

LARGE, RICH, AND BEAUTIFUL

EMPIRE OF GUIANA,

WITH A RELATION OF

THE GREAT AND GOLDEN CITY OF MANOA
(WHICH THE SPANIARDS CALL EL DORADO), ETC.

PERFORMED IN THE YEAR 1595,

BY

SIR W. RALEGH, KNT.,

CAPTAIN OF HER MAJESTY'S GUARD, LORD WARDEN OF THE STANNARIES, AND
HER HIGHNESS'S LIEUTENANT-GENERAL OF THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL.

REPRINTED FROM THE EDITION OF 1596,

WITH SOME

UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THAT COUNTRY.

EDITED,

WITH COPIOUS EXPLANATORY NOTES AND A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR,

BY

SIR ROBERT H. SCHOMBURGK, PH.D.,

KNIGHT OF THE ROYAL PRUSSIAN ORDER OF THE RED EAGLE, OF THE ROYAL SAXON ORDER OF MERIT,
OF THE FRENCH ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR, ETC.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.

M.DCCC.XLVIII.