An area rich in cinnamon trees and gold mines...................Southern Western to Central/South Brazil...............Mato Grosso.............to Minas Gerais........


 Shortly after taking lead in Quito, Gonzalo learned from many of the natives of a valley far to the east rich in both cinnamon and gold. He banded together 340 soldiers and about 4000 natives in 1541 and led them eastward down the Rio Coca and Rio Napo. Francisco de Orellana accompanied Pizarro on the