
Percy Fawcett: The Explorer Who Vanished Hunting a Lost City
In 1925 Colonel Percy Fawcett walked into the Amazon to find a lost city he called Z, and was never seen again. Decades later, archaeology found the city.
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In 1925 Colonel Percy Fawcett walked into the Amazon to find a lost city he called Z, and was never seen again. Decades later, archaeology found the city.

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