Paul R Sellin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, discovers Dutch, French and Latin papers in Swedish archives which include 'directions' to the 'lost' gold mine which Sir Walter Raleigh claimed to have discovered whilst travelling up the Orinoco River during the reign of Elizabeth I. During the reign of her successor, James I, Raleigh was charged with treason and imprisoned in the Tower of London. He was released and allowed to mount a second expedition up the Orinoco River, which ended in an attack at a Spanish outpost, now Venezuela, where his son was killed. On returning to England, Raleigh was accused of lying about the mine and of attempting to start a war between Spain and England. He was beheaded in 1618. Sellin believes that the correspondence discovered in Sweden shows that the Duke of Buckingham and the King of Sweden may have colluded to find the gold that Raleigh claimed to have discovered and therefore that the charges of treason were false. Sellin records his own expedition based on Raleigh's 'Discoverie of Guiana', believes he finds the site of the mine and that Raleigh's subsequent execution was unjust. The book contains photographs of the trip and illustrated maps.