Surviving History SEARCH FOR EL DORADO THE Virginia Loh-Hagan
In the El Dorado legend gold and gems were believed to have been thrown into the lake as an offering to an underwater god 4 Introduction
El Dorado is the lost city of gold It’s a legend Legends are stories that some people believe to be true The El Dorado legend started around the 1530s Spanish explorers conquered parts of South America Conquer means to take control They heard stories about a king covered in gold dust They heard stories about a city made of gold Many people have lost their lives looking for El Dorado They were lost in the jungles They were killed by local tribes They starved Starve means to die of hunger They got sick But that didn’t stop many explorers from still searching They wanted to find the gold The most famous explorer was Sir Walter Raleigh Raleigh was English He made two trips to find El Dorado He saw one of his men get eaten by a crocodile Another one of his men disappeared Disappeared means vanished 5
