bro, dont let people hear yuh : Guyana was thought to be the legendary city El Dorado.
Sir Walter Ralegh was a strong supporter of the legend of El Dorado
– that a king covered in gold lived in a magnificent city by the side of Lake Parime.
The idea originated in the 1540s
among gold adventurers and was the basis for countless expeditions during the latter 1500s.
Some adventurers claimed to have found “El Dorado”
including Juan Martin de Albujar
who located El Dorado in the Guyana Highlands
– the Pakaraima Mountains – between the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers.
Sir Walter Ralegh – Britain’s great adventurer – heard the story from Don Antonio de Berrio
and Ralegh’s second in command, Lawrence Keymis, determined after discussions with Amerindians
that
El Dorado could be reached by travelling up the Essequibo River.