The legends of Eldorado and the Seven Cities of Gold attracted many adventurers from Spain, and also from the adjacent colonies, leaving Havana and the rest of Cuba largely unpopulated.
Legende o Eldoradu i Sedam gradova Cibole privlačile su mnoge pustolove iz Španjolske i španjolskih kolonija, što je Havanu i ostatak Kube ostavilo uglavnom nenaseljenima.