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Imagine being so convinced a lost city exists… that you walk straight into the Amazon to prove it. That’s exactly what Percy Fawcett did—and no one ever saw him again.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Fawcett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_City_of_Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuscript_512
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-lost-city-of-z-15468171/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/percy-fawcett-lost-city-of-z-amazon
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35956514
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3398625-the-lost-city-of-z
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