Episode

S1E8 - The Disappearance of Percy Fawcett

Podcast: History Snacks
Published: Mar 25, 2026
Duration seconds: 978
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Summary

Disappearing in the Amazon rainforest looking for the Lost City of Z in the 1920s is a bold look. Let's see if it works out for him. In this episode we encounter the disappearance of an explorer, forced labor on rubber plantations, the death of a pack animal, hostile neighbors, and the disappearance of an explorer.