Table of Contents: “…Morgan -- Germany's El Dorado in the Pacific : metropolitan representations and colonial realities, 1884-1914 / Holger Droessler -- A place to speak the 'language of heaven' ? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Foreword: Suriname River, 2014 -- Every man's longing -- El Dorado -- Ralegh and the beautiful empire of Guiana -- The heirs of Ralegh -- Ralegh's last voyage -- Francis Lord Willoughby -- A brave land -- A peculiar form of government -- The restoration : a tumbling and rolling world -- Repression and revolt -- Aphra Behn, Agent 160 -- Sugar, slavery and Oroonoko -- The return of Willoughby -- War and ruin -- Astrea and Celadon -- The fall of Fort Willoughby -- Victory and anguish -- Postscript.…”

Table of Contents: “…. -- Trouble in Mexico -- The sons of the conquistadors ask too much -- New Spain in peace -- Viceroy Toledo at work in Peru -- Convents and blessed ones -- Chile and its conquerors -- The conquest of Yucatan -- Conclusion in Yucatan -- A great conquistador from Asturias -- Franciscans in Yucatan -- The Rivers Plate and Paraguay -- The mad adventure of Lope de Aguirre -- Guiana and El Dorado -- BOOK THREE: THE IMPERIAL BACKCLOTH. -- Portugal joins Spain -- The money behind the conquests -- Piracy and buccaneering -- The galleon, a very narrow prison -- Populations discovered -- BOOK FOUR: THE EAST IN FEE. -- The conquest of the Philippine Islands -- Manila -- The temptation of China -- The conquest of China -- Epilogue : the age of administration.…”

Table of Contents: “…Toward an empire -- Annoying the king of Spain : blueprints, legalities, and baby steps -- Ralegh and the Second Desmond War -- "A man noted of not good happ by sea:" Humphrey Gilbert prepares to colonize America -- The case for genocide : George Peckham visualizes colonization -- The courtier -- The cult of Elizabeth -- Planting a New World colony -- Summer of discontent -- Singeing the Spaniard's beard -- A briefe and true report -- Publicizing Ralegh's Virginia -- Fire and smoke : the Hermeticists' Indians -- Planning the Munster plantation -- Bloodlines : Captain Ralegh and the Desmonds -- Ralegh in Youghal -- Preparing the plantation : establishing authority -- Resistance to plantation -- Ralegh's colonists -- The plantation economy -- Of friendship, marriage, and goddesses -- A courtier's disgrace and the shipping of staves -- The search for El Dorado -- The discovery of Guiana -- The benevolent empire -- Wheel of fortune -- Reincarnation : Ireland and the course of colonialism -- Treasons -- The great cordial -- Prince Henry -- History of the world -- "He called to the headman to shew him the ax."…”

Table of Contents: “…Captive Markets for Captive People: Legal Dispersals of Africans in a Peripheral Economy, ca. 1640-1700 -- 4. To El Dorado via Slave Trade: Opening Commerce with Foreign Colonies, ca. 1660-1713 -- 5. …”
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