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Pizarro’s Quest of El Dorado in the Andes and Amazon
In 1541 1545 and later era expeditions led by Gonzalo Pizarro Fernan Perez de Quesada and Von Hutten sought El Dorado. They faced freezing highlands tropical storms earthquakes and famine. Hutten’s force clashed with Omagua warriors and he mistook a temple palace for the gilded king.
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Gonzalo Pizzaro
el Dorado
Andes
Quito
Cordillera
Pizarro
Bing
Discovery
San Pedro
Pizzaro
Leutenant
Amazon
Victoria
Cubagia
Venezuela
Gonzalo Pizarro
Gomara
Orellana
Rio Negro
Gold
Padre Carbajal
Canela
Orellanas
Belalcazar
Quesada
Dan Qhesada
Papamene
Japura
Popayan
Bogota
von Huttenafte
Timana
Guaviare
Macatoa
Oviedy Banos
Miseria
Nuestra Senora
Coro
Capes
Caqueta
Wallace
Rio Guaviare
Apura
Spain
Fernan Perez de Quesada
New Granada
Gonzalo
Unja
Onos
Colombia
Sierras
Philip von Hutten
Welsers
Augsburg
Charles V
Tierra Firme
von Hutten
Barburata
Valencia
Barquisimeto
Quarica
Omaguas
Mas
van Hutten
Pedro de Limpias
Nuestra Senhora
el Doraddo
Ereziine
The
Equator
Amaguas