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4 episodes in this season

The Fall of the Aztecs

50 min

The Conquest of the Incas

50 min

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The Search for El Dorado

50 min

All the World is Human

50 min

Conquistadors

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200050m9.5

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The Search for El Dorado

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Dec 8, 2000

Episode three begins in Quito, Ecuador, and relates the amazing story of the 16-month Spanish expedition (1541-42), led by Gonzalo Pizarro, to find El Dorado, the mythical land of gold. Crossing the Andes with pack animals, Wood and his team hack a path through the forests, following in Pizarro's footsteps to the Coca river, where they build a balsa raft and sail down to the river Napo, following the route of the conquistadors. There, on Christmas day 1541, the Spanish expedition split, with 60 men under Francisco Orellana sailing (contrary to orders) all the way down the Amazon to the sea in a makeshift boat: an achievement that was "less of a journey, more of a miracle."

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Conquistadors

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200050m9.5

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The Search for El Dorado

Season 1 · Episode 3 · Dec 8, 2000

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