The first Western chronicle of Gaspar de Carvajal [1] spoke of large cities and well-paved roads in a region which is now "pristine" jungle. These chronicles we

The first Western chronicle of Gaspar de Carvajal [1] spoke of large cities and well-paved roads in a region which is now "pristine" jungle. These chronicles were dismissed for a long time as fabrication, but it seems now there is a lot of evidence that Carvajal was speaking the truth. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Carvajal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspar_de_Carvajal