Hypothetical1.0000° S · 77.5000° W · -10 m
La Canela – Cinnamon Country of the Amazon (Gonzalo Pizarro)
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Claimed 1539 forest resource not city·Spanish resource / Omagua·🇪🇨 Upper Amazon, Napo – La Canela cinnamon forests, Ecuador
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About La Canela – Cinnamon Country of the Amazon (Gonzalo Pizarro)
Gonzalo Pizarro 1539 cinnamon forest east of Andes — sparse not city, triggers Amazon descent Recorded context — Period: Claimed 1539 forest resource not city; Culture: Spanish resource / Omagua; Field status: not applicable; Materials: limestone; Condition: mythic.
Why it mattersLa Canela resource zone as cinnamon forest misread as city presages El Dorado.
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Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01myst
Theories
- 01theory
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Claimed
- Period
- Claimed 1539 forest resource not city
- Culture
- Spanish resource / Omagua
- Builders
- Spanish resource
- Purpose
- Gonzalo Pizarro 1539 cinnamon forest east of Andes — sparse not city, triggers Amazon descent
- Abandoned
- Abandoned
- Rediscovered
- Survey
- Excavation
- Not applicable
On the ground
Structures & features
1.0000° S · 77.5000° W · -10 m · 1 mapped feature
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