| #1666538 in Books | Phoenix Press | 2001-12-31 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 1.10 x6.26 x9.20l,1.21 | File type: PDF | 368 pages | ||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Exploration Fawcett - The great Adventure|By TBou|This book is based on the letters and memoirs of Col. Percy Fawcett. He traveled through the mapping the borders between Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil in the time of the rubber boom. His adventures range from encounters with savage primitives such as the Maricoxi (look for the chapter where the Maxubis warn him about the Maricoxi..|About the Author|Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett was born in 1867 in Devon, England. At the age of nineteen he was given a commission in the Royal Artillery. He served in Ceylon for several years where he met and married his wife. Later he performed secret servic
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 10 years, he had wandered the forests and death-filled rivers in search of a "lost" cities; convinced he knew the location of one, he headed off for the last time--never to be heard from again. The thrilling story of what occurred during that time has now been compiled by his son from manuscripts, letters, ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Exploration Fawcett | Col. Percy Fawcett. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.