Definition of "Hesperides" (figuratively) A paradisaical land of plenty , especially one in the far West . quotations examples
Quotations Inclinations no leſs vigorous have of late been obſerved in Europe , but with more ſucceſs ; who not being bounded by Herculean Bars , paſt ſo far through (till then ) the unmeaſured Atlantick , that they lighted upon a new World , a flouriſhing Heſperides , Regions whoſe Sands were Gold , Earth Plate , and Rivers Silver , a Paradice extended to the Arctick and Antarctick Circles , with ſeveral other Countries and Iſlands that reach almoſt the utmoſt latitude of either Poles , out -ſhining all the Fables of Antiquity , and boldeſt Tales of their Poetick Dreams ; […]
1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, page 2