biography
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Fawcett, Percy (Harrison)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1867–1925)
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| biography:
| Explorer, born in Torquay, Devon, SW England, UK. He entered the army at 19, rose to become lieutenant-colonel, and after service in Ceylon, Hong Kong, and elsewhere was in 1906 given a border delimitation assignment on behalf of the Bolivian government. This led to several hazardous expeditions in the Mato Grosso area in search of traces of ancient civilizations. In 1925 he disappeared with his eldest son near the Xingú R. |
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