Bible Encyclopedias
El Dorado

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

The Land of Gold), a country which Orellana, the lieutenant of Pizzaro, pretended to have discovered in S. America, between the Amazon and Orinoco, and which he represented as abounding in gold and precious gems; now a region of purely imaginary wealth.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'El Dorado'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​e/el-dorado.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.