In Quest of El Dorado

In Quest of El Dorado

LibriVox · Audiobook · 26 episodes

Lively (and often unsparing) descriptions of the people, places, and customs that the author encounters as he attempts to retrace the steps of the early Spanish conquistadores in the Americas: Columbus, Cortez, Pizarro, Balboa, Coronado. (Summary by Steven Seitel)

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Episodes

00 Preface

Episode 0 · 3:27
01 In Madrid

Episode 1 · 31:10
02 En Route for Cadiz

Episode 2 · 12:02
03 The Indies

Episode 3 · 14:30
04 Porto Rico

Episode 4 · 20:07
05 Santo Domingo and Haiti

Episode 5 · 37:24
06 Cuba

Episode 6 · 18:50
07 At Santa Fe

Episode 7 · 12:36
08 Cowboys

Episode 8 · 16:53
09 Indians

Episode 9 · 31:08
10 Mexicans of New Mexico

Episode 10 · 13:41
11 From New Mexico to the Isthmus

Episode 11 · 6:21
12 Climbing a Peak in Darien

Episode 12 · 38:31
13 Republics of Panama and Nicaragua

Episode 13 · 10:39
14 The Canal

Episode 14 · 22:20
15 Panama to New York

Episode 15 · 11:25
16 America of Today Viewed from New York

Episode 16 · 27:34
17 Across America North to South

Episode 17 · 12:36
18 The Dance of the Jemez Indians

Episode 18 · 33:59
19 The Dance of the Zunyi Indians

Episode 19 · 34:56
20 Descent into the Grand Canyon

Episode 20 · 16:41
21 Goodbye to the Horses

Episode 21 · 5:07
22 The Gold

Episode 22 · 6:59
23 Approaching Mexico from the North

Episode 23 · 20:49
24 At Montezuma's Capital

Episode 24 · 23:29
25 Ad Astra

Episode 25 · 1:11:19