THE CITY OF GOLD DIARIES

Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada identified Lake Guatavita as well as rituals in the Muisca tribe in 1537. Quesada, plus the explorers that followed, surmised a fortune in gold lay at The underside of the lake, just after witnessing or hearing in the elaborate choices produced by the locals. In 1545, explorers Lázaro Fonte and Hern