...This legend is said to have originated from a ritual in which the Chibcha chief of Bogotá made an annual offering to the spirits of Lake Guatavita and bathed in gold dust, which the Spaniards distorted and exaggerated. Numerous expeditions were organized in search of El Dorado, the most famous being the expedition from the north (Santa Marta) under Gonzalo Jiménes de Quesada (1500?-79), the expedition from Quito under Sebastián de Benalcázar (1480-1551), and the expedition from Venezuela led by the German Nicolaus Federmann (1501-42). Quesada traveled up the Magdalena River, conquered the Chibcha people, and founded Santa Fe de Bogotá (1538). ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Quesada, GJde" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…この伝説はボゴタのチブチャ族の首長が年に1度グワタビタ湖の霊に供物をささげ,体中に金粉を塗って沐浴するという儀式に発し,スペイン人がそれを歪曲・誇張して作り上げたものとされる。エル・ドラドを求めて数多くの遠征隊が組織されたが,とりわけ有名なのはケサダGonzalo Jiménes de Quesada(1500?‐79)麾下の北方(サンタ・マルタ)からの遠征隊,ベナルカサルSebastián de Benalcázar(1480‐1551)指揮のキトからの遠征隊とドイツ人フェーダーマンNicolaus Federmann(1501‐42)が率いたベネズエラからの遠征隊である。ケサダはマグダレナ川流域を遡行し,チブチャ族を征服してサンタ・フェ・デ・ボゴタを建設した(1538)。… ※「Quesada,G.J.de」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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