The loss of El Dorado is about Trinidadian
history. You
will find
this book to be a refresher that will take you
back to another
time and place, school books and all.
And an extension of
knowledge that is part of West Indian
culture.
How true it is that knowing where you came from is
very
instrumental in
knowing who you are.
"The History of Trinidad Began with an allusion:
the
Belief that some where
nearby on the South
American mainland lay El Darado, the mystical
kingdom of
gold. ..[Author] V.S Napal -- himself
a
native of Trinidad shows how that
delusion
drew a
small island into the vortex of world
events, making
it the
object of Spanish colonial
design and a
Mecca for treasure-seekers,
slave-traders, and
revolutionaries."