Exploration of South America

South American myth

16th-century Spanish maritime expedition

thumb|Minerva, together with Mercury, bring [[Atahualpa out of the tomb.]] Paititi is a legendary Inca lost city or utopian rich land. It allegedly lies east of the Andes, hidden somewhere within the remote rainforests of southeast Peru, northern Bolivia or northwest Brazil. The Paititi legend in Peru revolves around the story of the culture-hero Inkarri, who, after he had founded Q'ero and Cusco, retreated toward the jungles of Pantiacolla to live out the rest of his days in his refuge city of Paititi. Other versions of the legend see Paititi as an Inca refuge in the border area between Boliv

1492–1504 voyages to the Americas; beginning of the Columbian exchange

Czech traveller, cartographer, Christian missionary and Roman Catholic priest

mythical source of silver in the interior of South America

mythical lake in South America, believed to be the site of the city of El Dorado

1608 Italian expedition in South America

ship in the Magellan expedition

16th century Spanish caravel

legendary location in South America

first English circumnavigation of the world

Portuguese politician (1701-1769)