Raleigh's El Dorado expedition
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title:
Raleigh's El Dorado expedition
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Raleigh's El Dorado expedition, also known as Raleigh's first voyage to Guiana, was an English military and exploratory expedition led by Sir Walter Raleigh that took place during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1595. The expedition set out in February 1595 to explore the Orinoco River on the northeast tip of South America in an attempt to find the fabled city of El Dorado. Raleigh first captured the Spanish settlement of San José de Oruña on the colony of Trinidad, along with the Governor Antonio de B
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English military and exploratory expedition
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raleigh%27s_El_Dorado_expedition
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2016-12-04T16:01:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T18:58:51Z
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