jungle travels

The Lost City of Z - Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalThe Lost City of ZWall Street JournalIt had apparently been written by an 18th-century Portuguese mercenary and gold-seeking adventurer offering an account of his discovery in the heart of the jungle of “a large, hidden, and very ancient city.” %26ldquo;He was renowned as the David Livingstone of …

fear and loathing in the Amazon - Wire
Telegraph.co.ukfear and loathing in the AmazonWire, NHOne of the better known souls unafraid of the uncharted jungle was Percy Fawcett. An explorer for the Royal Geographic Society and minor celebrity, Fawcett made several successful trips into the Amazon and helped map out hundreds of miles of land. …Writer became El Dorado explorer for The New Yorker Daily Free Press (subscription)The Lost City of Z Telegraph.co.ukFate of legendary British explorer solved — maybe Reutersall 21 news articles

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