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Exploration Fawcett

Journey to the Lost City of Z

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Exploration Fawcett

By: Lt. Col. P. H. Fawcett
Narrated by: Robin Sachs
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This is the true story of the real Colonel Fawcett, whose life was the inspiration for the best-selling book The Lost City of Z and an upcoming movie starring Brad Pitt. A thrilling account, it tells of Colonel Fawcett and his mysterious disappearance in the Amazon jungle, which is now considered one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.

The mystic and legendary British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett disappeared in the unknown and unexplored territory of Brazil’s Mato Grosso in 1925. For ten years, he had wandered the forests and death-filled rivers in search of a fabled lost city. Finally, convinced that he had discovered the location, he set out for the last time with two companions, one of whom was his eldest son, to destination “Z”, never to be heard from again.

This thrilling and mysterious account of Fawcett’s 10 years of travels in deadly jungles and forests in search of a secret city was compiled by his younger son from manuscripts, letters, and logbooks. What happened to him afterward remains a mystery.

©1953 Lt. Col. P. H. Fawcett (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Americas Archaeology Expeditions & Discoveries South America World Latin America

Critic reviews

“[A] tale of great adventure…a stirring and sensitive record, well written by a true explorer.” ( New York Times)
“[A] book of great power…should be read by everyone.” ( Daily Telegraph)
Incredible Adventure • Vivid Descriptions • Amazing Exploration • Authentic Experiences • Historical Significance
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I really enjoyed this book. Listened more than once. Very rarely do that. Fawcett had quite an adventure.

Great Listen

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Interesting to anyone interested in the Fawcett expedition. It does get slow at times and is full of local observations and descriptions of the difficulties of traveling in South America during the time period.

Great non fiction adventure.

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Absolutely amazing story. Couldn’t stop listening to it. I highly recommend. Only wish we knew what happened to them.

Great story

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Incredible story. Excellent reading too. I highly recommend this for anyone interested in true adventure stories.

Highly recommend

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Incredible story that is hard to believe actually happened. I fully recommend listening to this book if you have even the slightest interest in exploring.

Incredible Story

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The story of P. H. Fawcett's explorations in South America in his own words. The perfect companion to "The Lost City of Z".

Rather academic, but fascinating.

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glad the cornel wrote about his adventure...amazing strength and ability to deal with ticks, snakes, natives

great listen, learned much

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I loved the entire book, sad that we will never likely know what happened to them or find his last journal

what stood out most is that those was an adventure that really happened, in a land shrouded in mystery

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This story borders on the verge of being unbelievable. The exploits and the difficulties he endured paint a picture of the challenges that were part of the explorations of South America.
His ability to take the reader to where he is and describe what he was seeing and experiencing is of a such a great quality that one would think you were reading an author of many books.

Amazing story of an amazing man.

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didn't get through this one. very monotone narration and weak presentation of storyline. i tried more than once to get into it

boring

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