DETAILED NOTES ON CITY OF GOLD

Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada learned Lake Guatavita as well as rituals with the Muisca tribe in 1537. Quesada, as well as the explorers that adopted, surmised a fortune in gold lay at the bottom of the lake, soon after witnessing or hearing with the elaborate offerings produced by the locals. In 1545, explorers Lázaro Fonte and