Em busca de Omagua e Dorado: mito e rebelião na jornada de Pedro de Ursua/Lope de Aguirre segundo os cronistas pedrarias de Almesto, Francisco Vásquez e Gonzalo de Zuniga (1560-1561)

Abstract

This work aims to research, in a specific expedition in the 16th century and wich was witnessed for the chroniclers Francisco Vázquez, Pedrarias de Almesto and Gonzalo de Zúñiga, all of them were soldiers who survived. These are two well delimited themes: the myth or tale of El Dorado and the idea of the soldier Lope de Aguirre. El Dorado was, at that time, a legendary region wich was very rich in precious metals and with large population density. The conquerors hope to find it seduced many Spanish persons, who wandered through sild and unknown lands in the heart of the South American territory. Those people was attracted by the hope of wealth. Inside the same theme, this work also aims to present a reading of the chroniclers description of Lope de Aguirre, who ended the expedition for the El Dorado because he had begun a rebellion against the Spanish Monarchy. Due his meaning as character of the History of Americas, we also tried to understand the reasons which took him to this insubordination act. In this sense, the specific historical context lived for these social actors also was center of attention, because this knowledge has deep substance in order that we can conduct our study to that precise moment. For the reason of that prerequisite, this work takes place inside the approach of the Culture History, which will researches this purpose, which is to translate one other far away in the time and in the space.