One initiation rite in this city was famously described by Juan Rodriguez Freyle in the chronicle El Carnero.
One initiation rite in this city was famously described by Juan Rodriguez Freyle in the chronicle El Carnero. Along with the botanist Aime Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt studied this city as part of a 1799 to 1804 expedition, after which he concluded that previous writers had mistaken the seasonal confluence of rivers for the mythical Lake Parime. (*) Walter Raleigh was executed by James I for provoking Spanish forces during his second expedition to this city, which he called Manoa; he had previously written The Discovery of Guiana after his first expedition to it. While attempting to travel to this city,  ► Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada conquered the Muisca Confederation and founded Bogota. Francisco de Orellana accidentally discovered the Amazon River during an unsuccessful attempt to discover this city, where tribal chiefs would supposedly dive into Lake Guatavita covered in gold dust.  For 10 points, name this mythical "Lost City of Gold".
One initiation rite in this city was famously described by Juan Rodriguez Freyle in the chronicle El Carnero.
Dorado [do not accept "Cibola" or "Seven Cities of Gold"]