Exploration Fawcett (Paperback)

by Col. Percy Fawcett (Author)

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Product Description
The mystic and legendary British explorer Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett disappeared in the unknown and unexplored territory of Brazil's Mato Grosso in 1925. For 10 years, he had wandered the forests and death-filled rivers in search of a "lost" cities; convinced he knew the location of one, he headed off for the last time--never to be heard from again. The thrilling story of what occurred during that time has now been compiled by his son from manuscripts, letters, and logbooks. What happened to him after remains a mystery. "...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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Phoenix Press (December 31, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842124684
• ISBN-13: 978-1842124680
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #762,371 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a real hidden gem - fascinating adventure story, November 12, 2001

By	"bsmeal" (USA) - See all my reviews

During a summer in college, I travelled around South America, and spent a good deal of time backpacking and exporing northwestern Bolivia, following overgrown Inca Trails and taking boats up into the deep jungle and mining country.

I had heard about Fawcett's adventures during my travels, and I was delighted to find out that the book surpassed my expectations when I finally got the chance to read it.

Fawcett worked for the British government (the Royal Geographic Society, I believe), and was sent to the Brazillian-Bolivian frontier in the early 20th century to server as an impartial third party in a border dispute.

The book, written by his son who went on to become a railroad expert in Peru, is a chronicle of that trip and his later adventures into the South American wilderness in search of a lost city he believed to exist.

Fawcett kept great journals, and his descriptions of the time are fascinating. Having travelled in this area, I can say that Fawcett's descriptions are dead on, and for anyone looking for a true frontier adventure in the early 21st century, not a whole lot has changed in the past 100 years.

'Brazillian Adventure' by Peter Fleming (the brother of James Bond author Ian Fleming) is the semi-comic story of a British journalist who went on a search for Fawcett several decades after the former disappeared in the early 1920's (the date might be slightly off).

It's great to see that this book has finally been put back in print. A true gem.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Adventures of the legendary Colonel Fawcett, February 23, 2000

By	Anthony Coote (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exploration Fawcett

A true boys own adventure, the quintessential English explorer in his own words. This was written by his son Percy based on the journals and correspondence of his father. Deatils all his expeditions in South America, his views on the lost cities of Brazil, Peru & Boliva and much much more. It has it all!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Exploration Fawcett"- A good place to start., March 13, 2009

By	Gordon Reiselt (New Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Exploration Fawcett" was written by Percy Fawcett's youngest son, Brian. When Fawcett, his oldest son, Jack and Jack's friend Raleigh disappeared in the Amazon basin in May 1925, Brian concluded that from the village of Cuiaba, the team headed northeast towards the Xingu and Kuluene Rivers. Some speculate that Brain wanted readers to believe this so that the true direction that the team took would not be uncovered. The real Fawcett that Brian conceals was heavily influenced by Helena Blavatski, a Russian aristocrat who founded the Theosophical Movement. Google that for more information.

In later Fawcett papers uncovered, it was determined that the team actually traveled northwest of Cuiaba towards the Tapajos and its tributary, the Juruena. The reason why the true direction taken was kept secret had to so with what some refer to as Fwacett's "Grand Scheme". The "Grand Scheme" involves groups called "The Watchers", the "Great White Brotherhood", the "Earth Guardians" the Budda and the "Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn." None of this information is mentioned in "Exploration Fawcett".

There are accounts of gold, underground hidden cities and UFOs. Fawcett is even believed by some to be currently alive and well living in a cave in the Roncador Mountains. Remember that Fawcett was born in 1867 and as of 2009 he would be 142 years old.

According to some accounts, the major objective of the Fawcett exploration into the Amazon Basin of the Mato Grosso in 1925 was to establish a colony in Amazonia for people wanting to escape materialism and develop mystic consciousness and so that Fawcett could deliver Jack to the Earth Guardians as an initiate and, after his training and transformation into another soul, to install him as the founder and leader of a mystic colony.

"Exploration Fawcett" is a jumping off point to search for deeper information and myth about Fawcett. So long as you keep that in mind, "Exploration Fawcett" is a good starting point to pursue further research about the Amazon and Fawcett. This is great fancy that has some basis in fact. It will be up to the reader to determine where the facts end and the friction begins. Once this grabs you, you will have a hard time shaking it off. Happy hunting.