FAWCETT, P.H. - Exploration Fawcett - (1st Edition Hardcover)

Blue-green book in good condition - 1953 - Lots of illustrations - No dustwrapper.  >>>   This book is based on the letters and memoirs of Col. Percy Fawcett. He traveled through the Amazon mapping the borders between Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil in the time of the rubber boom. His adventures range from encounters with savage primitives such as the Maricoxi (look for the chapter where the Maxubis warn him about the Maricoxi... "vincha Maricoxi chimbibi coco" ..if you visit the Maricoxi you will be food for the pot) to the dangers of electric eels and pirhanas!   -   Fawcett is best remembered for the ill fated expedition he launched at age 56. He, along with his eldest son and a friend, attempted to penetrate unexplored regions in search of a lost civilization. They were never heard from again. His disappearance has been a source of speculation ever since.   >>>  P.H. Fawcett was one of the great explorers of the modern age. His work in South America wrote the book on borders and boundaries. He discovered new species of animals, made first contact with native Brazilian tribes, and finally disappeared chasing a lost city. This is history, not myth or legend, and it the equal of any fiction book.  (Goodreads) 

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