El Dorado facts for kids

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El Dorado (Spanish for "golden one") is a mythical city in South America. It is said to be covered with gold. Several people tried to find it.

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  • Muisca raft Legend of El Dorado Offerings of gold

    The zipa used to cover his body in gold dust and, from his raft, he offered treasures to the Guatavita goddess in the middle of the sacred lake. This old Muisca tradition became the origin of the El Dorado legend.This Muisca raft figure is on display in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia

  • 1599 Guyana Hondius

    Nieuwe caerte van het Wonderbaer ende Goudrjcke Landt Guiana by Jodocus Hondius (1598) shows the city of Manoa on the northeastern shore of Lake Parime

  • Musterung-Welser-Armada

    Inspection of the Welser army by Georg von Speyer (right) and Philipp von Hutten (center) at Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

  • Trinidad-stamp-lake-asphalt-discovery

    Trinidad and Tobago stamp featuring the ‘Discovery of Lake Asphalt by Raleigh, 1595’

  • Guaiana ofte de Provincien tusschen Rio de las Amazonas ende Rio de Yuiapari ofte Orinoque

    Lake Parime (Parime Lacus) on a map by Hessel Gerritsz (1625). Situated at the west coast of the lake, the city of Manõa or El Dorado.


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