Search For El Dorado
De Ordaz returned to America in approximately 1525. In 1529, he was granted the property of El Peñón de los Baños located within the limits of Mexico City. He returned again to Spain and requested permission to explore the lands of the mythical El Dorado, which was believed to lie inland in the area of what is now Colombia and Venezuela. Having obtained the sought permission, he sailed for South America, discovering the Río Orinoco. Having at last abandoned the search for El Dorado, he died in 1532 on the Venezuelan peninsula of Paria, just as he was about to return to Spain.
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