The many perils of a quixotic quest

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 C…