About the book: year / Contemporary of Shakespeare and Francis Drake, poet, philosopher and historian, skilled courtier and statesman, merchant and warrior , scientist-chemist and naturalist, organizer and participant of sea expeditions - this was Walter Raleigh, a man who stood at the origins of the development of the territory of the United States (Virginia), who made fascinating journeys along the Orinoco River basin in search of the legendary country of Eldorado.