Main articles: Muisca people and Muisca mythology

Several literary works have used the name in their titles, sometimes as 'El Dorado', and other times as 'Eldorado'. This became mixed with the stories of El Dorado, which was sometimes said to be one of the seven cities. The legend of the Seven Cities of Gold (Seven Cities of Cibola) led to Francisco Vázquez de Coronado's expedition of 1540 across the New Mexico territory. By the beginning of the 19th century, most people dismissed the existence of the city as a myth. In the course of these explorations, much of northern South America, including the Amazon River, was mapped. In pursuit of the legend, Spanish conquistadores and numerous others searched what is today Colombia, Venezuela, and parts of Guyana and northern Brazil, for the city and its fabulous king. Two of the most famous of these expeditions were led by Sir Walter Raleigh. Originally, El Hombre Dorado ('The Golden Man') or El Rey Dorado ('The Golden King'), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief ( zipa) or king of the Muisca people, an indigenous people of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia, who as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita.Ī second location for El Dorado was inferred from rumors, which inspired several unsuccessful expeditions in the late 1500s in search of a city called Manoa on the shores of Lake Parime or Parima. This Muisca raft figure is on display in the Gold Museum, Bogotá, Colombia.Įl Dorado ( Spanish:, English: / ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ/ Spanish for 'the golden') is commonly associated with the legend of a gold city, kingdom, or empire purportedly located somewhere in the Americas. This old Muisca tradition became the origin of the legend of El Dorado.

The zipa, a mythical tribal chief of the native Muisca people, was said to cover his body in gold dust, and from his raft offer treasures to the Guatavita goddess in the middle of the sacred lake. For other uses, see El Dorado (disambiguation). This article is about the lost city of gold.

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