In 1925, famed British explorer Percy Fawcett set out on his most ambitious journey yet — to find a legendary city hidden deep in the Amazon. At his side were his 21-year-old son Jack and Jack’s best friend, Raleigh Rimell. All three vanished without a trace. What began as a quest for discovery became one of the most enduring mysteries in the history of exploration.

Sources:
The Lost City of Z, film (2016).
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by David Grann (2009).
“The Lost City of Z,” by David Grann (The New Yorker, 2005).
Exploration Fawcett: Journey to the Lost City of Z, by Brian Fawcett and Percy Fawcett (1951).

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