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337 sidor illustrations, portraits 19.8 cm |
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Originally published: 2009 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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The story of Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett, the inspiration behind Conan Doyle's The Lost World. Fawcett was among the last of a legendary breed of British explorers. For years he explored the Amazon and came to believe that its jungle concealed a large, complex civilisation, like El Dorado. Obsessed with its discovery, he christened it the City of Z. In 1925, Fawcett headed into the wilderness with his son Jack, vowing to make history. They vanished without a trace. For the next eighty years, hordes of explorers plunged into the jungle, trying to find evidence of Fawcett's party or Z. Some died from disease and starvation; others simply disappeared. In this spellbinding true tale of lethal obsession, David Grann retraces the footsteps of Fawcett and his followers as he unravels one of the greatest mysteries of exploration |
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Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925 -- Travel -- Amazon River Region
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Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925 -- Death and burial
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Grann, David -- Travel -- Amazon River Region
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Fawcett, Percy Harrison, 1867-1925?
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Grann, David.
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Eldorado
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Reseskildringar
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El Dorado
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Upptäcktshistoria
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Explorers -- Amazon River Region
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El Dorado.
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Explorers.
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Travel.
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Amazonområdet
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Amazonfloden
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Amazon River Region -- Description and travel
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Amazon River Region.
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| Classmark |
918.11
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Nqdd
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781471164910 pocket |
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9781847378057 |
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