Grann, David

Summary: In 1925, the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett ventured into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called "The Lost City of Z."--Publisher description

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 918.1 GRA

Summary: A band of Spanish conquistadors, led by Pizarro, go up the Amazon in search of gold. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature and each other, Don Lope de Aguirre (the self-styled "Wrath of God") is consumed by visions of conquering all of South America and leads a revolt, but Aguirre's megalomania turns the expedition into a doomed quest.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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Rodriguez, Cindy L.

Summary: "Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsessed with the idea of a lost city of gold hidden deep in the jungle. At the age of 57, Fawcett, his 21-year-old son Jack, and Jack's friend Raleigh Rimell left on a quest to find the Lost City of Z. The three men were never heard from again. Untangle...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J GRAPHIC ROD