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Sierra Del Plata
The Sierra de la Plata ("Mountain of Silver") was a mythical source of silver in the interior of South America. The legend began in the early 16th century when castaways from the Juan Díaz de Solís expedition heard indigenous stories of a mountain of silver in an inland region ruled by the so-called White King. The first European to lead an expedition in search of it was the castaway Aleixo Garcia, who crossed nearly the entire continent to reach the Andean altiplano. On his way back to the coast, Garcia died in an ambush by indigenous people in Paraguay, but survivors brought precious metals back to corroborate their story. The legend inspired other expeditions, all of which ended in failure. However, numerous expeditions allowed Spanish Conquistadors to deeply explore the South America portion south of Brazil. The outposts founded during the expeditions gradually evolved into Buenos Aires and Asunción, the lands colonized by the Spanish became Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moll - Map Of South America - Detail Potosi
Moll can refer to: As a name * Moll (surname) * Moll Anderson, interior designer, life stylist, author, and former national iHeart Radio host * Moll Anthony, aka Mary Lesson (1807–1878), Irish ''bean feasa'' (wise-woman) * Moll Cutpurse, an alias of Mary Frith (c. 1584–1659), notorious London pickpocket and fence * Moll Davis (c. 1648–1708), entertainer and courtesan, singer, and actress, mistress to King Charles II of England * Moll Dyer (died c. 1697?), a possibly legendary woman accused of witchcraft and driven out of her town * Moll King, an alias of Elizabeth Adkins (1696–1747), proprietor of a notorious London establishment, first with her husband, then alone * Moll O'Driscoll, Irish Gaelic footballer * Moll Pitcher, born Mary Diamond (c. 1736-1813), a clairvoyant and fortune-teller * Aethelwold Moll, King of Northumbria 759-765 Fictional characters * ''Moll Flanders'', the title character in the novel by Daniel Defoe * Moll Hackabout, the unfortunate prosti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
