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A year earlier, after the discovery of gold in 1848, the California Herald included a headline calling California the "El Dorado of the United States of America". [4] Shortly before publishing the poem, in a letter to a friend named Frederick W. Thomas dated February 14, 1849, Poe compared his efforts to earn a living from writing with those ...
Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale The Scarlet Pimpernel.It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book.
El Dorado (Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: / ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ /) is a mythical city of gold supposedly located somewhere in South America. The king of this city was said to be so rich that he would cover himself from head to foot in gold dust – either daily or on certain ceremonial occasions – before diving into a sacred lake ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 2025. Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850–1889) "Eminescu" redirects here. For other uses, see Eminescu (disambiguation). Mihai Eminescu Portrait of Mihai Eminescu. Photograph taken by Jan Tomas in Prague, 1869. Born Mihail Eminovici (1850-01-15) 15 January 1850 Botoșani ...
Youth Without Aging and Life Without Death (Romanian: Tinerețe fără bătrânețe și viață fără de moarte) is a story from Romanian folklore, collected by Petre Ispirescu and introduced in the collection Legende sau basmele românilor.
The Romaunt of the Rose (The Romaunt) is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, Le Roman de la Rose (Le Roman). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, the Romaunt inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from Chaucer's other works.
Coronation of the Virgin is a 1603–1605 work by El Greco, one of a group of five paintings painted for the high altarpiece of the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad in Illescas, Toledo. It and three of the other paintings still hang in the church ( Charity , Nativity and Annunciation ), whilst the fifth is now in the National Museum ...
The story continues directly from Rosa's earlier story "Treasure under Glass".Recently having found a map of all sunken treasure ships in the 17th century, Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and his nephews are retrieving treasures from them.