Exploration Fawcett - Softcover

Fawcett, Percy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842124684 ISBN 13: 9781842124680

Publisher: Phoenix, 2001

Synopsis

This thrilling and mysterious account of Fawcett's ten years of travels in forests and death-filled rivers in search of a secret city was compiled from manuscripts, letters and logbooks by his son. ' The disappearance of Colonel Fawcett in the Matto Grosso remains one of the great unsolved mysteries of today. In 1925 Fawcett was convinced that he had discovered the location of a lost city; he had set out with two companions, one of whom was his eldest son, to destination 'Z', never to be heard of again. His younger son, Brian Fawcett, has compiled this book from letters and records left by his father whose last written words to his wife were: 'You need have no fear of any failure...' Fawcett had tried to find lost cities for ten years: ' That the cities exist I know'. 'a book of great power....should be read by everyone' Daily Telegraph

About this title

From the Publisher:

“a book of great power....should be read by everyone” Daily Telegraph

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 service work in North Africa. Fawcett found himself bored with Army life and learned the art of surveying, hoping to land a more interesting job. Then in 1906 came the offer from the Society: His ticket to adventure.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phoenix
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1842124684
• ISBN 13: 9781842124680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368