El Dorado Myth

El Dorado (Spanish for 'the gilded one') is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water.

As the story was told and re-told, El Dorado came to be viewed as a city containing immense wealth, a legend that inspired many explorers from the 1500s on.

The complete, up-to-date and editable article about El Dorado Myth can be found at Wikipedia: El Dorado Myth
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