Summary
In this section of the book Fawcett was led into the RGS to see Goldie. Goldie was nearly 60 years of age and had blue eyes. In his pocket he carried a bottle like tube that had poison. Goldie asked Fawcett about Bolivia and if he knew anything about it. Fawcett did not know anything about Bolivia. It did not even matter what Fawcett replied because Goldie still went on to say that he thinks that Bolivia as a country is the roof of the world.
Fawcett went on to Morocco and was participating in Africa. He scribbled words onto scrolls and said that he was chatting to Morocco officials and telling them valuable information.
A group of people called the Guayaki practiced rituals that were cannibalistic. They cut peoples heads off (the people were already dead) with bamboo knives. They also cut the persons body into fourths and cut the legs off.
Quote
"The Guayaki, who practiced ritualistic cannibalism when members of the tribe died, cut the bodies into quarters with a bamboo knife, serving the head and the limbs from the trunk" (Grann 97).
Reaction
When I read this I was amazed by the fact that people have cannibalistic rituals and that they served the limbs to people. Also it was interesting because it makes me want to read more about this ritual. Also it was shocking because they did this at all.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (7-65)
Summary
In the beginning of the book it talks about a man who is tall and distinguished. Also it talks about how he was hurrying toward an ocean liner named the SS Vauban which was 511 foot ship with a destination of Rio de Janeiro. the tall distinguished man was 57 years of age and was taller then 6 feet. It talks about his apperance and how he was still very recognisable in a suit because of his customary wild beard. This mans name Percy Harrison Fawcett. His name was known through out the world. He was one of the last people who traveled into the Amazon with barley more then a machete, compass, and a devine sense of purpose. In 1916 the Royal Geographical Society awarded him a Blessing of King George V for the maps he had made of South America.
It says that it was becoming the dry seasons and it was June of 1996 when a group of Brazilian Scientists along with some adventurers went into the Jungle. They went in looking for signs of Percy Fawcett, his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, who vanished more then 70 years ago in 1925. This trip was led by 42 year old Brazilian banker James Lynch. Fawcett's disappearance was a shock to the world. After a couple of months of not hearing from Fawcett was fine but once it became a year and then two people grew even more fascinated.
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"...but even in a suit and a tie, and without his customary wild beard, he could be recognized by the crowds on the pier" (Grann 7).
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My reaction to this was in a way shocked because just imagining this man and him being known world wide was just 'wow'. To think that he was this amazing person and then just vanished into thin air with his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, just amazes me.
In the beginning of the book it talks about a man who is tall and distinguished. Also it talks about how he was hurrying toward an ocean liner named the SS Vauban which was 511 foot ship with a destination of Rio de Janeiro. the tall distinguished man was 57 years of age and was taller then 6 feet. It talks about his apperance and how he was still very recognisable in a suit because of his customary wild beard. This mans name Percy Harrison Fawcett. His name was known through out the world. He was one of the last people who traveled into the Amazon with barley more then a machete, compass, and a devine sense of purpose. In 1916 the Royal Geographical Society awarded him a Blessing of King George V for the maps he had made of South America.
It says that it was becoming the dry seasons and it was June of 1996 when a group of Brazilian Scientists along with some adventurers went into the Jungle. They went in looking for signs of Percy Fawcett, his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, who vanished more then 70 years ago in 1925. This trip was led by 42 year old Brazilian banker James Lynch. Fawcett's disappearance was a shock to the world. After a couple of months of not hearing from Fawcett was fine but once it became a year and then two people grew even more fascinated.
Quote
"...but even in a suit and a tie, and without his customary wild beard, he could be recognized by the crowds on the pier" (Grann 7).
Reaction
My reaction to this was in a way shocked because just imagining this man and him being known world wide was just 'wow'. To think that he was this amazing person and then just vanished into thin air with his son Jack and Raleigh Rimell, just amazes me.
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