Why Is El Doradodo Important
El Dorado - Lost City of Gold "Over the Mountains of the Moon, down the Valley of the Shadow, ride, boldly ride…if you seek for El Dorado."- Edgar Allan Poe
Truth to the Myth:
• A Spanish conquistador by the name of Francisco Pizarro conquered and plundered the Inca Empire in the 1530’s. This lead to adventurers and conquistadors from all over Europe to move to the New World anticipating conquering and looting for gold, silver and jewels to bring back to Spain (Mysterypile: el-dorado) . These men followed rumors of gold all across the unexplored interior of South America, many of them dying in the process (Minster).
• The legendary lost city of gold, El Dorado myth possibly came from the Muisca territory, present-day Eastern Colombia. Spaniards were told of the ritual at Lake Guatavita where treasures were thrown into the lake as offerings to the Guatavita goddess (Mysterypile: el-dorado). Through the centuries, this passion gave rise to the enduring tale of a city of gold.
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Geographical locations kept changing “until finally it simply meant a source of untold riches somewhere in the Americas”; but this place of immeasurable riches hasn't been found. (Drye)
The Discovery of El Dorado:
• The origins of El Dorado lie deep in South America. Neighboring tribes knew of the practice and told the Spanish thus was born the myth of “El Dorado.” (Minster)
• When Spanish explorers reached South America in the early 16th century, they heard stories about a tribe in the Andes Mountains in what is now Colombia
Truth to the Myth:
• A Spanish conquistador by the name of Francisco Pizarro conquered and plundered the Inca Empire in the 1530’s. This lead to adventurers and conquistadors from all over Europe to move to the New World anticipating conquering and looting for gold, silver and jewels to bring back to Spain (Mysterypile: el-dorado) . These men followed rumors of gold all across the unexplored interior of South America, many of them dying in the process (Minster).
• The legendary lost city of gold, El Dorado myth possibly came from the Muisca territory, present-day Eastern Colombia. Spaniards were told of the ritual at Lake Guatavita where treasures were thrown into the lake as offerings to the Guatavita goddess (Mysterypile: el-dorado). Through the centuries, this passion gave rise to the enduring tale of a city of gold.
• …show more content…
Geographical locations kept changing “until finally it simply meant a source of untold riches somewhere in the Americas”; but this place of immeasurable riches hasn't been found. (Drye)
The Discovery of El Dorado:
• The origins of El Dorado lie deep in South America. Neighboring tribes knew of the practice and told the Spanish thus was born the myth of “El Dorado.” (Minster)
• When Spanish explorers reached South America in the early 16th century, they heard stories about a tribe in the Andes Mountains in what is now Colombia