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Rumors about lost cities of gold prompted additional conquistadors to travel to the New World in search of advantage.
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“there are rumors,”
“there are always rumors of lost cities of gold and more conquistadors are now flooding into the New World to seek advantage of this.”Play from 23:57Report a misattribution
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