Detailed Notes on City of Gold
Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada uncovered Lake Guatavita and also the rituals from the Muisca tribe in 1537. Quesada, and also the explorers that followed, surmised a fortune in gold lay at the bottom on the lake, after witnessing or hearing of the elaborate choices produced by the locals. In 1545, explorers Lázaro Fonte and HernÃ