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WilloughbylandMatthew Parker

Willoughbyland

2015294 pages
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"At the beginning of the 1650s, wrecked by plague and civil war, England was in ruins. Yet shimmering on the horizon was a vision of paradise called Willoughbyland. When Sir Walter Raleigh set out to South America to find the legendary city of El Dorado, he paved the way for an endless series of adventurers who would struggle against the harsh reality of South America's wild jungles. Six decades later, when a group of English gentlemen expelled from England chose to establish a new colony there, they named the settlement in honor of its founder--Sir Francis Willoughby. Located in the lush…

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5 editions
  • Other · English · 2017
    St. Martin's Press · 9781250112842
  • Other · English · 2017
    Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press · 294 pages · 9781250112835
  • Other · English · 2016
    Penguin Random House · 304 pages · 9780099559399
  • Other · English · 2015
    Hutchinson · 294 pages · 9780091954093
  • Other · English · 2015
    Penguin Random House · 9781448185252
ColoniesHistoryColonizationSuriname, historyGreat britain, colonies, americaBritish coloniesRaleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618Suriname -- History -- To 1814