@_historyunveiled: Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (c. 1509 – 1579) was a Spanish conquistador, lawyer, and explorer best known as the leader of the expedition that discovered and conquered the central region of present-day Colombia. 🇪🇸 He was born in Granada, Spain, and began his career as a lawyer before joining an expedition to the New World in 1535 under the jurisdiction of New Granada. ⚖️ In 1537, he led a grueling march through the dense jungles and rugged Andes of what is now Colombia in search of the legendary Golden King — El Dorado. ✨ The expedition was brutal and costly, but it led to the discovery of the Cundiboyacá highlands and first contact with the Muisca civilization, whose golden rituals inspired the enduring myth of El Dorado. 🪙 Quesada conquered their lands and, in 1538, founded Santa Fe de Bogotá, the city that would later become the capital of Colombia. 🏙️ Although he found immense wealth, he never became truly rich — most of the treasure was claimed by the Spanish Crown. 👑 He spent the rest of his life entangled in legal disputes, trying to prove his rights and reclaim his rewards. 📜 Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada died in 1579, ill, impoverished, and largely forgotten — remembered today as a tragic figure of ambition and obsession, forever linked to the legend of El Dorado. 💀✨ #HistoryTime #bogota #eldorado #conquistador #education

jackal :

And in the end, him and his men still tortured and genocide many innocent natives from Colombia in search for el dorado gold, even tho he wrote in his diary book “ they were good peaceful people”. Nobody should glorify this murderer and robber

Jordan 🇨🇷 :

Spain civilized Latin America

Tokyo Drifter :

This man was based. Gone but not forgotten. ⚔️✝️🇯🇪

Hamza Al-Jabarti :

this story similar to anime called one piece .. they got “ new world “ the gold is one piece😁

matafilms :

good

FrancoEast :

The ending is my fav part

Cappysseur :

Why does this sound like the los pollos hermanos ad,

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These guys were Vikings but sadly people glorify them too.

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Spanish crown was greedier though

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LeVanLe :

So now we glorify murderer and robber?

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