Masters of all they surveyed exploration geography and a british el dorado d graham burnett chicago university of chicago press 2000 xv 298 pp cloth us 4500 paper us 2750 peter redfield department of anthropology university of north carolina at chapel hill chapel hill nc 27599 3115 usa redfield uncedu when placing the subjects of their studies scholars across the . Abstract chronicling the british pursuit of the legendary el dorado masters of all they surveyed tells the fascinating story of geography cartography and scientific exploration in britains . Request pdf masters of all they surveyed exploration geography and a british el dorado review masters of all they surveyed details how guiana became a mapped and bounded british colony . Masters of all they surveyed exploration geography and a british el dorado author d graham burnett published september 2000 isbn 978 0226081205 publisher university of chicago press chronicling the british pursuit of the legendary el dorado masters of all they surveyed tells the fascinating story of geography cartography and scientific exploration in britains unique south . Chronicling the british pursuit of the legendary el dorado masters of all they surveyed tells the fascinating story of geography cartography and scientific exploration in britains unique south american colony guyana how did nineteenth century europeans turn areas they called terra incognita into bounded colonial territories