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  2. Percy Fawcett - Wikipedia

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    Percy Fawcett was born on 18 August 1867 in Torquay, Devon, to Edward Boyd Fawcett and Myra Elizabeth (née MacDougall). [2] The Fawcetts were a family of old Yorkshire gentry (Fawcett of Scaleby Castle) who had prospered as shipping magnates in the East Indies during the late 18th and 19th centuries. [3]

  3. Lost City of Z - Wikipedia

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    The British surveyor Percy Fawcett in 1911, who believed an indigenous city, which he called "the Lost City of Z", had existed in the Brazilian jungle. Fawcett found a document known as Manuscript 512, held at the National Library of Brazil, believed to have been written by Portuguese bandeirantes João da Silva Guimarães [].

  4. List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990

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    Percy Fawcett: 57 Mato Grosso, Brazil Fawcett, a British archaeologist and explorer, together with his eldest son and a friend, was last seen traveling into the jungle of Mato Grosso in Brazil to search for a hidden city called the Lost City of Z. Several unconfirmed sightings and many conflicting reports and theories explaining their ...

  5. The Lost City of Z (book) - Wikipedia

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    The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon is a non-fiction book by American author David Grann.Published in 2009, the book recounts the activities of the British explorer Percy Fawcett who, in 1925, disappeared with his son in the Amazon rainforest while looking for the ancient "Lost City of Z".

  6. The Lost City of Z (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Lost City of Z is a 2016 American epic biographical adventure drama film written and directed by James Gray, based on the 2009 book of the same name by David Grann. [4] It portrays British explorer Percy Fawcett, who was sent to Brazil and made several attempts to find a supposed ancient lost city in the Amazon. [5]

  7. List of people who disappeared mysteriously: pre-1910

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    Neither was ever seen in public again and their fate remains unknown. The remains of four children that have been found could be the princes, but they have not been subjected to DNA analysis to positively identify them. [20] [21] Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York: 9 June 1487 Francis Lovell, 1st Viscount Lovell: 30–31 Oxfordshire, England

  8. How to Read the 'Percy Jackson' Books in Order, if the ... - AOL

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    With a Percy Jackson TV series airing on Disney+, kids who want to follow along with the books can read the Percy Jackson books in order, plus two more series.

  9. Brazilian Adventure - Wikipedia

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    In 1925, British explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, along with his son and another companion, disappeared while searching in Brazil for the Lost City of Z.Not long after, Peter Fleming, who was literary editor for London's The Times, answered a small ad seeking volunteers for an expedition to find out what had happened to them.