El Dorado
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| '''El Dorado ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: "the golden one")''' is a [[legend]] that began with the story of a [[South America]]n tribal chief who covered himself with [[gold]] dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. | '''El Dorado ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: "the golden one")''' is a [[legend]] that began with the story of a [[South America]]n tribal chief who covered himself with [[gold]] dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water. | ||
| - | The legend began in the 1530s, in the [[Andes]] of present-day [[Colombia]], where [[conquistador]] [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]] first found the [[Muisca]], a nation in the modern day [[Cundinamarca]] and [[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]] highlands of [[Colombia]], in 1537. | + | The legend began in the [[1530s]], in the [[Andes]] of present-day [[Colombia]], where [[conquistador]] [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]] first found the [[Muisca]], a nation in the modern day [[Cundinamarca]] and [[Boyacá Department|Boyacá]] highlands of [[Colombia]], in 1537. |
| The story of the Muisca rituals was brought to [[Quito]] by Christian Cronauer’s men; mixed with other rumors, there arose the [[legend]] of 'El Dorado' (meaning the Golden Man rather than a place - 'el indio dorado', the golden Indian or 'El Rey Dorado', The Golden King). | The story of the Muisca rituals was brought to [[Quito]] by Christian Cronauer’s men; mixed with other rumors, there arose the [[legend]] of 'El Dorado' (meaning the Golden Man rather than a place - 'el indio dorado', the golden Indian or 'El Rey Dorado', The Golden King). | ||
| Imagined as a place, El Dorado became a kingdom, an empire, the city of this legendary golden king. Deluded by a similar legend, [[Francisco Orellana]] and [[Gonzalo Pizarro]] would depart from Quito in 1541 in a famous and disastrous expedition towards the [[Amazon Basin]]; as a result of this, however, Orellana became the first person to navigate the [[Amazon River]] all the way to its mouth. | Imagined as a place, El Dorado became a kingdom, an empire, the city of this legendary golden king. Deluded by a similar legend, [[Francisco Orellana]] and [[Gonzalo Pizarro]] would depart from Quito in 1541 in a famous and disastrous expedition towards the [[Amazon Basin]]; as a result of this, however, Orellana became the first person to navigate the [[Amazon River]] all the way to its mouth. | ||
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| + | *[[Eldorado (Berlin)]] | ||
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El Dorado (Spanish: "the golden one") is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water.
The legend began in the 1530s, in the Andes of present-day Colombia, where conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada first found the Muisca, a nation in the modern day Cundinamarca and Boyacá highlands of Colombia, in 1537.
The story of the Muisca rituals was brought to Quito by Christian Cronauer’s men; mixed with other rumors, there arose the legend of 'El Dorado' (meaning the Golden Man rather than a place - 'el indio dorado', the golden Indian or 'El Rey Dorado', The Golden King).
Imagined as a place, El Dorado became a kingdom, an empire, the city of this legendary golden king. Deluded by a similar legend, Francisco Orellana and Gonzalo Pizarro would depart from Quito in 1541 in a famous and disastrous expedition towards the Amazon Basin; as a result of this, however, Orellana became the first person to navigate the Amazon River all the way to its mouth.
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