Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada uncovered Lake Guatavita as well as rituals of your Muisca tribe in 1537. Quesada, plus the explorers that adopted, surmised a fortune in gold lay at The underside of the lake, soon after witnessing or hearing with the elaborate offerings made by the locals. In 1545, explorers Lázaro Fonte and Hern�