Percy Fawcett - Wikipedia
Percy Harrison Fawcett DSO (18 August 1867 – disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer, archaeologist and explorer of South America.
Explorer Lucy Shepherd on surviving uncharted jungle wilderness
Oct 13, 2024 · Following her 50-day trek through the Amazon rainforest in Guyana, explorer Lucy Shepherd shares the challenges and the need to protect these wildernesses.
The Enduring Mystery Behind Percy Fawcett’s Disappearance
May 29, 2015 · Newspapers that had previously hailed Fawcett as being impervious to the perils of the jungle began speculating that he was dead, and witnesses surfaced with bewildering rumors about his...
10 Facts About Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z
Nov 12, 2021 · Their sophistication and elegance, combined with the romance and adventure of their disappearance into the jungle, captured the imagination of many an explorer. Fawcett was far from the first, and certainly not the last, to be entranced by the promise of lost civilisations.
Lucy Shepherd: Britain's most intrepid young explorer on how she …
Sep 16, 2024 · Lucy Shepherd has spent the last 10 years adventuring through some of the most extraordinary landscapes in the world. She spoke to James Fisher about her life, her inspirations, her career to date and her latest expedition, through some …
The Legendary Explorer Percy Fawcett - Adventureman's Guild
Feb 15, 2023 · Percy Fawcett was a legendary British explorer who spent his life searching for adventure, discovery, and the unknown. His expeditions to the Amazon jungle in the early 20th century captured the public's imagination and continue to inspire people today.
“It’s not just a man’s world”: Lucy Shepherd on paving the way for ...
Mar 24, 2022 · From skiing solo across the Arctic to climbing Tajikistan’s Pamir Mountains, her thrill-seeking nature has taken her to some of the most remote and dangerous places on the planet. At the end of 2021, the British adventurer completed her most ambitious expedition yet.
Richard Mason (explorer) - Wikipedia
Richard Maurice Ledingham Mason [1] (28 March 1935 – 3 September 1961) was a British explorer and the last British person to have been killed by an uncontacted indigenous tribe.
6 Explorers of the Amazon Rainforest | Thinkjungle.com
Mar 7, 2013 · Francisco de Orellana is the most famous explorer of the Amazon Region. If you’ve heard of warrior women in the Amazon, it was thanks to this man. The Amazon is now named after the warrior women in Homer’s Iliad who would …
Lost In The Amazon – The Hunt For Colonel Fawcett - EuroMenTravel
In 1925 renowned British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett headed into the Amazon jungle. Searching for a lost city, he was never heard from again.