Permanent historical factsheet

Discovery of El Dorado

Name: Discovery of El Dorado – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1595Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1595

Walter Raleigh1595

El Dorado · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Sets sail to discover El Dorado & explors the River Orinoco

Names involved

Walter Raleigh

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.