Case file · Folklore / legend
The Jesuit Paititi report
In 2001 the Italian archaeologist Mario Polia announced he had found in the Jesuit archives in Rome a report by the missionary Andrés López, from about 1600, describing a rich city called Paititi in the forest.
2001 CE · -12.60, -71.00 · status: claim
The account
The find revived searches in the Madre de Dios region. Position approximate.
The sceptical view
The document shows what missionaries heard, not that the city exists.