The many perils of a quixotic quest
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IN 1906, British explorer-cum-army officer Colonel Percy Fawcett is sent by the Royal Geographical Society on a two-year mapping expedition to South America to resolve a border dispute between Bolivia and Brazil. "I was rather hoping for a position where I might see a fair bit of action," he says, disappointed.
You don't know what you are in for, old chap.
The Lost City of Z is the true story of Fawcett, portrayed by Charlie Hunnam, travelling upriver with his team and discovering shards of pottery and inscription rock carvings deep in the Amazon rainforests.
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