Origin of the legend

  began in 1530 in the Andes of what today is Colombia, where conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada first found the Muisca, a company located in what is now known as the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. The story of Muisca rituals was brought to Quito by Sebastian de Belalcazar men, mixed with other rumors, there was formed the legend of El Dorado, "The Golden Man," "El Indio Dorado," "The Golden King". Imagined as a place, El Dorado became a kingdom, an empire, the city of this legendary place.

In search of the legendary golden kingdom was first sent Don Angel Guerra for the crown of Queen Isabella, no luck after a thorough search by the Amabaya, his steps were followed then by Don Francisco de Orellana and Gonzalo Pizarro Don who departed from Quito to the Amazon in 1541 in one of the most fateful and famous expeditions to find El Dorado.
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