Percy Fawcett and Explorers

Explorers

  • Percy Fawcett was a British soldier, geographer, archaeologist, and explorer of South America.
  • During an expedition to find an ancient lost city called Z, he disappeared in the Amazon.
  • He explored the Amazon rainforest and developed the history of maps of the Rainforest in Brazil and Bolivia.
  • Percy Fawcett found remains of ancient pottery on the jungle floor leading him to conclude that civilizations had lived there.
  • Percy Fawcett disappeared in the jungle in 1925 and was never discovered.

There has been significant impact to the planet during Sir David Attenborough’s lifetime due to Global Warming.