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Apr 12, 2017 · Did Percy Fawcett find a document that provided evidence for the existence of an ancient city in Brazil? Yes. The document is known as Manuscript 512 and is believed to have been written by Portuguese fortune hunter João da Silva Guimarães during or after 1753.
Manuscript 512 (Portuguese: Manuscrito 512) is a ten-page manuscript of dubious veracity and unknown authorship that relates the discovery of a "lost city" in Bahia, Brazil by a group of bandeirantes in 1753.
Jul 31, 2009 · A fragmentary, anonymous document, known as Manuscript 512, written by an early Portuguese explorer, spoke of a magnificent inland city.
Mar 27, 2024 · When the explorer Percy Fawcett vanished in 1925 searching for the mythical Lost City of Z, he was also hunting a fabulous city described in Manuscript 512 in the National Library in Rio de Janeiro.
Fact: Fawcett was consumed by the fear that a rival might beat him to Z. In the movie, Fawcett tells his son Jack that he fears Americans will get to Z first, killing Indians along the way.
Fawcett found a document known as Manuscript 512, held at the National Library of Brazil, believed to have been written by Portuguese bandeirantes João da Silva Guimarães [pt]. According to the document, in 1753, a group of bandeirantes discovered the ruins of an ancient city that contained arches, a statue, and a temple with hieroglyphs.
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Nov 12, 2021 · Their findings were recorded in a document known as Manuscript 512, kept at the National Library of Brazil. The existence of such jungle ruins bolstered Fawcett’s belief in Z, and he decided to make the lost city described in Manuscript 512 a secondary destination after Z.
