Movie and book recommendation ...
Percy Fawcett, real life Indiana Jones, disappeared in a jungle about 100 years ago. If you liked those movies, perhaps you'll like The Lost City of Z, a biographical movie that portrays him. Or, even better, read a book named "Exploration Fawcett" that is a collection of his diaries and letters. Affiliate link to the book:
After the first two chapters I wanted to drop the book. Drop it and go straight to Amazon.
It's shocking how brutal the world was there only about hundred years ago, in many ways not much different from Pizarro's time. One gold was replaced with other - rubber, but the exploitation of indigenous people, slavery and genocide remained much the same.
Exploration Fawcett book online.
Lost in the Amazon: The Enigma of Col. Percy Fawcett documentary (use US VPN if you can't see it). The documentary is from year 2011. Sad to see that what once was a jungle now is all cleared for soy crops. The last known Fawcett's location is now reachable - by car.
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