Amazonia and the Quest for El Dorado (Amazonia y la Búsqueda de El Dorado)

Around five-hundred years ago, when America was still considered “The New World”, there were countless treasure hunters and adventurers who made their way to these exotic lands, chasing not only the hopes of acquiring power, but of obtaining the famed riches that so many of its discoverers had talked about. Soon, the biggest rumor of them all began to spread – the existence of a place named “El Dorado”, where a lake full to the brim with gold awaited any brave enough to venture into the jungle.

And so it began – a desperate, crazed series of exploratory journeys through the region containing the Amazon Forest – or Amazonia – with the Spanish conquistadors leading them at the forefront.

How did they end, and what did they find? Discover this and more in the latest episode of our Learn Spanish with Stories podcast.

Transcript of this episode is available at: https://podcast.lingomastery.com/listen/853