Emily Gill
Cites:http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/international/americas/13cuzco.html?ex=1399780800&en=cc7a460b720009af&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND andhttp://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/arts/television-radio-a-conquest-whose-daring-matched-its-cruelty.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
This topic is not easy to reach about, most the sites are all in Spanish and I'm not planning on learning the language anytime soon. There are also so many legends about this mysterious place that its hard to find one that makes and sense. The articles I read from were newyorktimes.com, Alan Rider published in 2001 and PBS which was published in 2000 and will give you a lot more information about the brothers. Not the easiest read in the world but very insightful.
This handsome looking devil to the right is Pizarro Gonzalo a well known explorer of Eldorado. Well him and his sidekick brother named Fransisco De Orellana. They sailed the Pacific Ocean in search for the city. They left a pretty bloody trail in search for it, no luck ever came to the brothers. Pizarro and Fransisco are most famous for being the fist to travel down the entire Amazon river in 1540. The article states that " the bothers went way over 700 miles down the river, desperate and hungry". They had almost 200 Spaniards and 4,000 Indians starve to death over the search for the Cinnamon city, as they liked to call it. A book was even published in 2004 called "The river of darkness" dedicated to them and their travels, which you can find on Amazon.com. Only 80 men came back live. Pizarro actually left Fransisco and 50 on the side of Coco river in search of food, the current was to strong to travel. This is where Fransisco died from starvation, him and all his men. Before his death, he had sent 4 men to send a message to Pizarro but the message was never sent. The 4 men had disappeared on the travel back, that was his last hope in reassue. This story is very sad and depressing, that didn't stop Pizarro to try to make another trip down the river. The preparation took years to get right, he wanted the perfect boat and the perfect men. Not long into the second travel men started to die off, including Pizarro. What can you expect from a boat made in 1500's, I mean it was probably made just out of wood. These men where well known for the risk they were willing to take in the hope of finding the city, they location from this point is still a mystery. This article helped me a lot to understand the length people were willing to take over the city of gold.What do you think about the brothers, were the grand conquistadors or just idiots with a passion for riches?
Let me say before hand that I am sorry for any confusing sentences that I might write. I am doing this late at night, and also after riding my bike for miles and miles. Well first let me say this was a very good background on the city of gold. I really did wanted to know who went on searching for this amazing city. It is kinda sad to see that someone would put so many lives in danger to find something. I know that the city of gold is one that anyone would do anything to find, but I think that it is also important to also focus on safety before a mission that is as big as that one. I do think you are right about how much people go to finding the city of gold. It is amazing to read about in paper and articles what these people gone through in finding this city. It is also amazing to see how many people went on this journey and how many never came back. I think that they were just idiots with a passion for riches because of how they didn't even bothered to make sure they didn't come up short with food and or water. I can't believe they let all of those men die from starvation, and himself. I want to just say that this is a very interesting topic even if it is the second blog post that you made. I am interested in reading about more of this topic. After reading this topic I can now say that the search for the city of gold is a very dangerous adventure.
ReplyDeletewell thanks for keeping up with my blogging, and you didnt make that many mistakes in your comment so no worries. Im glad you enjoyed it.
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