El Dorado he was taken to the golden city in blindfold, was entertained by the natives, and then left the city and couldn't remember how to return. Raleigh had set many goals for his expedition, and believed he had a genuine chance at finding the so-called city of gold. First, he wanted to find the mythical city of El Dorado, which he suspected to be an actual Indian city named Manõa. Second, he hoped to establish an English presence in the Southern Hemisphere that could compete with that of the Spanish. His third goal was to create an English settlement in the
El Dorado (Shakira album) the country for 50,000 copies sold. It also debuted at number 92 in Australia and at number 54 in the United Kingdom, becoming her first Spanish album to chart in the former and her highest charting Spanish album in both countries. "El Dorado" also debuted atop the albums chart in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. It entered the Spanish albums chart at number 2, at number 3 in Switzerland, at number 4 in France, at number 10 in Austria, at number 12 in Italy, at number 19 in Germany, at number 32 in Finland, and at number 20 in