Lost Trails, Lost Cities

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Lost Trails, Lost Cities is an autobiographical collection of explorations and adventures by British explorer Percy Fawcett, detailing his expeditions in the Amazon and his search for the fabled lost city he called "Z."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiographical work
book
travel literature
about adventure and discovery
dangers of Amazon exploration
mystery of the lost city Z
alternateName Lost Trails, Lost Cities of Z
author Percy Fawcett
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
describes Percy Fawcett’s search for a fabled lost city
expeditions in the Amazon rainforest
documents Percy Fawcett’s theories about a lost civilization in the Amazon
featuresCharacter Percy Fawcett
focusesOn cartographic surveying
indigenous peoples of the Amazon
jungle exploration
genre exploration narrative
memoir
hasSetting Amazon Basin
Brazil
South America
hasTitle Lost Trails, Lost Cities
language English
literaryCategory non-fiction
mainSubject Amazon exploration
Percy Fawcett
search for the lost city Z
narrativePerspective first-person
relatedWork The Lost City of Z
timePeriodCovered early 20th century

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Lost Trails, Lost Cities ("Lost Trails, Lost Cities of Z")
alternateName
Lost Trails, Lost Cities
hasTitle
Percy Fawcett
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