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After the conquest and plunderingof the Inca empire by Spain...
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...the Indians invented thelegend of El Dorado...
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...a land of gold, located in theswamps of the Amazon headwaters.
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A large expedition of Spanishadventurers, led by Gonzalo Pizarro...
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...set off from the Peruvianhighlands in late 1560.
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The only document to survivefrom this lost expedition...
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...is the diary of the monkGaspar de Carvajal.
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On Christmas day 1560, we reachedthe last pass of the Andes...
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... and for the first time lookeddown at the legendary jungle.
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I n the morning I read mass, then wedescended through the clouds.
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