{"podcast":{"title":"History Shorts","slug":"history-shorts-6691663","podcast_index_feed_id":6691663,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/571725/rss","website_url":"https://www.historyshortspodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/f/4/7/ef47fe58bf123b5e16c3140a3186d450/pod_37.png","author":"History Shorts Network","episode_count":855,"summary":"Dive into the past with award-winning historian Peter Zablocki in this captivating daily podcast! Uncover hidden stories you never knew existed. And don't miss Friday Conversations where Peter teams up with top experts for riveting, in-depth discussions that bring history to life.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T14:22:31.785309+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663"},"episode":{"title":"The Forgotten Race to Map the Amazon's Last Wilderness","slug":"the-forgotten-race-to-map-the-amazon-s-last-wilderness","published_at":"2026-07-01T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-forgotten-race-to-map-the-amazon-s-last-wilderness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663","url":"https://2c68e044-1b71-48bf-a5c5-2792f5a14f4c.libsyn.com/the-forgotten-race-to-map-the-amazons-last-wilderness","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/2c68e044-1b71-48bf-a5c5-2792f5a14f4c/Amazons_Last_Wilderness.mp3?dest-id=4947215","summary":"In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett vanished into the Amazon rainforest while searching for a lost civilization he called \"Z.\" Accompanied by his son and a family friend, he entered one of the least-mapped regions on Earth—and was never seen again. In this episode of History Shorts , we explore the mystery that made Fawcett a legend, but also the larger story that is often forgotten: the race to chart the Amazon's final blank spaces. Long before satellites and GPS, vast portions of South America's interior remained unknown to the outside world. Explorers, scientists, soldiers, and adventurers risked disease, starvation, hostile terrain, and isolation in an effort to map rivers, mountains, and entire regions that had never appeared on modern maps. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE : https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED BY: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now","meta_description":"In 1925, British explorer Percy Fawcett vanished into the Amazon rainforest while searching for a lost civilization he called \"Z.\" Accompanied by his son…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":696,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/history-shorts-6691663/episodes/the-forgotten-race-to-map-the-amazon-s-last-wilderness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/history-shorts-6691663/the-forgotten-race-to-map-the-amazon-s-last-wilderness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}