A legendary golden country that the 16th century Spanish conquistadors believed to exist in the New World and fervently searched for. The 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 Spanish distorted and exaggerated. Numerous expeditions were organized in search of El Dorado, but the most famous were those from the north (Santa Marta) under Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1500?-79), those from Quito under Sebastián de Benalcázar (1480-1551), and those from Venezuela led by the German Nicolaus Federmann (1501-42). Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information |
16世紀スペイン人コンキスタドールが,新大陸に実在すると信じ,熱心に探し求めた伝説上の黄金の国。黄金郷と訳す。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。
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