Percy Fawcett
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1867 – 1925
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Who was Percy Fawcett?
Lt. Colonel Percival Harrison Fawcett was a British artillery officer, archaeologist and South American explorer. Along with his eldest son, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find "Z" – his name for an ancient lost city, which he and others believed to be El Dorado, in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.
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- Born
- Aug 18, 1867
Torquay - Also known as
- Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett
- Died
- 1925
Brazil
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on July 23, 2013
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