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"After stumbling upon a hidden trove of diaries, New Yorker writer David Grann set out to solve 'the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century': what happened to British explorer Percy Fawcett. In 1925 Fawcett ventured into the Amazon to find an ancient civilization. For centuries Europeans believed the world's largest jungle concealed the glittering El Dorado. Thousands had died looking for it, leaving many convinced that the Amazon was...
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English
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In 1925, British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett vanished in the Amazon while trying to find the mystical and elusive City of Z. Many have tried to retrace Fawcett's steps, only to come away disappointingly empty-handed. Here, David Grann hypothesizes about Fawcett's route, his motivations, and what ultimately led to his disappearance.
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"Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle the clues they left behind"--
Publisher
Broad Green Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
The incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the twentieth century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region.
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