The book "Discovery of Guiana" was written at the end of the 16th century by Shakespeare's contemporary Walter Raleigh. Poet, philosopher, courtier, organizer of pirate expeditions, traveler - this is the author of "Discovery of Guiana." In 1595, he penetrated through the mouth of the Orinoco into the depths of the South American mainland, trying to find the legendary country "El Dorado," replete with gold, about the myriad riches of which all of Europe dreamed at that time.