Letter to king Philipp
In 1560 an expedition of conquistadors led by Pedro de Ursua moves down to the Huallaga river to discover and seize the "Eldorado". Soon she has difficulty due to tumultous river rapids. This second expedition down Amazon will be marked by the mutiny sinister Aguirre. His letter to King Philip II of Spain traces the bloody wandering became legendary
"...He delayed the building of the boats until the year 1560 in the province of the Motilones, in Peru. The Indians are called Motilones because they wear their head shaved. These boats were made in the wet country, and upon launching most of them came to pieces. We made rafts, left the horses and supplies, and took off down the river at great risk to our persons. We then encountered the most powerful rivers of Peru, and it seemed to us to be a fresh water sea..." link
