Imagine being so convinced a lost city exists… that you walk straight into the Amazon to prove it. That’s exactly what Percy Fawcett did—and no one ever saw him again.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Fawcett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_City_of_Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript_512

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-lost-city-of-z-15468171/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/percy-fawcett-lost-city-of-z-amazon
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35956514

https://www.history.com/news/percy-fawcett-lost-city-of-z-amazon
https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/percy-fawcett-lost-city-z-amazon-explorer-disappearance/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/percy-fawcett-0011373
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-happened-to-percy-fawcett

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/movies/the-lost-city-of-z-review.html

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lost-cities-of-the-amazon-discovered-from-the-air/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/amazon-civilizations-discovered-lidar
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/amazon-didnt-used-be-wilderness-we-thought-it-was-180973033/

https://www.livescience.com/amazon-civilization-lidar-discovery.html
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https://www.britannica.com/biography/Percy-Fawcett
https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-history/percy-fawcett/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3398625-the-lost-city-of-z

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