The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana
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The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana is Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1596 travel narrative and promotional account describing his expedition to South America and the fabled riches of Guiana, including the legendary city of El Dorado.
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| The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana Context triple: [Walter Raleigh, notableWork, The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana]
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Portolá expedition diaries
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Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
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C.
Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent
Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent is Alexander von Humboldt’s monumental multi-volume scientific and travel narrative documenting his explorations in the Americas and laying foundations for modern biogeography and ecology.
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E.
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana Target entity description: The Discoverie of the Large, Rich and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana is Sir Walter Raleigh’s 1596 travel narrative and promotional account describing his expedition to South America and the fabled riches of Guiana, including the legendary city of El Dorado.
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A.
Portolá expedition diaries
The Portolá expedition diaries are firsthand 18th-century Spanish accounts documenting the overland exploration of Alta California, including early descriptions of sites that would become the San Francisco Bay Area.
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B.
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville
Supplément au voyage de Bougainville is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that critiques European colonialism and morality through a fictional commentary on Louis Antoine de Bougainville’s Pacific voyage.
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C.
Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent
Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent is Alexander von Humboldt’s monumental multi-volume scientific and travel narrative documenting his explorations in the Americas and laying foundations for modern biogeography and ecology.
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D.
Voyage to the Moluccas
Voyage to the Moluccas was the early 16th-century Spanish expedition, led by Ferdinand Magellan and later Juan Sebastián Elcano, that first circumnavigated the globe in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands.
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E.
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus is a 19th-century biographical and historical work that narrates the explorations and legacy of Christopher Columbus in a romanticized literary style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
early modern English literature
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promotional tract ⓘ prose work ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ |
| author | Walter Raleigh ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 16th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Elizabeth I of England ⓘ |
| containsDescriptionOf |
Orinoco River navigation
ⓘ
indigenous customs and warfare ⓘ local flora and fauna of Guiana ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| criticisms |
exaggeration of economic potential of Guiana
ⓘ
unreliable ethnographic reporting ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Robert Cecil
ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
|
| describesExpeditionTo |
Guiana
ⓘ
linked to:
Guianas
Orinoco River region ⓘ
linked to:
Orinoco Basin
|
| describesLegend |
El Dorado
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linked to:
El Dorado (legendary city of gold)
Manoa ⓘ |
| genre |
colonial propaganda
ⓘ
exploration literature ⓘ |
| hasModernStatus | public domain work ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Age of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Exploration
Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to:
English Renaissance
|
| includesElement |
appeals to Protestant imperial mission
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appeals to national glory ⓘ exaggerated claims of wealth ⓘ |
| language | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
important source for early English representations of South America
ⓘ
influential in shaping the El Dorado myth in English culture ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| politicalContext |
Anglo-Spanish rivalry
ⓘ
competition for New World resources ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1596 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to promote English colonization of Guiana
ⓘ
to secure royal and financial support for further expeditions ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Walter Raleigh's 1595 Guiana expedition ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Renaissance literature courses
ⓘ
colonial and postcolonial studies ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
English overseas expansion
ⓘ
Guiana ⓘ
linked to:
Guianas
South America ⓘ gold and mineral wealth ⓘ indigenous peoples of the Orinoco region ⓘ |
| timeOfEventsDescribed | 1595 ⓘ |
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