Percy Fawcett

British explorer, anthropologist and archaeologist (1867–1925)

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“Jaguars are very common on the cattle plains, and the great sport is not to shoot them, but to lasso them on horseback. Two men take part, keeping the roped beast between them. It requires good mounts and considerable dexterity with the lasso, but given these it is not nearly so dangerous a sport as it sounds.”

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Key facts

Born: Percy Harrison Fawcett , ( 1867-08-18 ) 18 August 1867, Torquay , England
Disappeared: 29 May 1925 (1925-05-29) (aged 57), Mato Grosso , Brazil
Education: Newton Abbot Proprietary College
Occupations: Artillery officer, archaeologist, geologist, explorer
Spouse: Nina Agnes Paterson ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. January 1901</span>"}]]}'>1901 )

Article

Percy Harrison Fawcett DSO (18 August 1867 – disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer/surveyor, archaeologist and explorer of South America. He disappeared in 1925 (along with his eldest son, Jack, and one of Jack's friends, Raleigh Rimmel) during an expedition to find an ancient lost city which he and others believed existed in the Amazon rainforest.

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