The lost city of Z : a legendary British explorer's deadly quest to uncover the secrets of the Amazon
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. O...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Grann, David
(Author) |
| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London, England :
Simon & Schuster
c2009
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