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what is the el dorado

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El Dorado, originally El Hombre Dorado or El Rey Dorado, was the term used by the Spanish Empire to describe a mythical tribal chief 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. Wikipedia

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El Dorado is a legendary lost gold city, for thousands of years, it has been a beacon for explorers and gold seekers. The legend of El Dorado started around the year 1535, when Spanish wanderers began to hear rumors coming from the unexplored northern Andes Mountains.

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