Patha zaka pafupifupi 1925 kuchokera pamene Colonel Percy Fawcett, wofufuza wotsimikiza wachingerezi, adasowa pofufuza chitukuko chakale chomwe amachitcha 'Z' ku Amazon. Mu 22, iye ndi mwana wake wamwamuna wamkulu Jack, wazaka XNUMX, adasowa, atatenga "Z" ndi iwo.
Kwazaka zambiri chiyambireni chomwe chimadziwika kuti ndi "chinsinsi chachikulu chofufuza m'zaka za m'ma 20," filimu yodziwika bwino yapangitsa kuti filimuyi ikhale yamoyo. Komabe, ndi kamvedwe katsopano ka zotsatira za zochita za anthu pa nkhalango yamvula yomwe inkaganiziridwa kale kuti "yosanakhudzidwe", kodi ndizotheka kuwulula zowona za 'Z' ndi komwe Fawcett ali?
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Mu 1920, Fawcett anapeza chikalata chotchedwa National Library of Rio De Janeiro. Zolemba pamanja 512. Bukuli linalembedwa ndi munthu wina wofufuza malo wa ku Portugal mu 1753, ndipo limafotokoza mwatsatanetsatane za kupezeka kwa mzinda wokhala ndi mipanda mkati mwa dera la Mato Grosso ku Amazon. Mipukutuyo inafotokoza za mzinda wa siliva wokhala ndi nyumba zansanjika zambiri, zipilala zazitali za miyala, ndi misewu yotakata imene imapita kunyanja. Kumbali ya kamangidwe kameneka, wofufuzayo anaona zilembo zachilendo zofanana ndi zilembo zakale zachigiriki kapena za ku Ulaya.
Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ananyalanyaza mfundo zimenezi, ponena kuti m’nkhalangomo simungakhale mizinda ikuluikulu ngati imeneyi. Komabe, kwa Fawcett, zidutswa za chithunzicho zimalumikizana.
Mu 1921, Fawcett anayamba ntchito yake yoyamba yofunafuna 'mzinda wotayika wa Z.' Komabe, atangochoka, iye ndi gulu lake anakhumudwa chifukwa cha zovuta za nkhalango yamvula, nyama zakutchire, ndi matenda ochuluka. Ntchito yake inaimitsidwa, koma ananyamukabe yekha kuchokera ku Bahia, Brazil, kumapeto kwa chaka chomwecho. Anakhala m’njira imeneyi kwa miyezi itatu asanabwerere osachita bwino.
Kusowa kwa Percy Fawcett
Kusaka komaliza kwa Percy kwa 'Z' kunatha ndikuzimiririka mwatsoka. Mu Epulo, 1925, adayesetsanso kuti apeze 'Z', nthawi ino ali ndi zida komanso zolipirira bwino ndi manyuzipepala ndi mabungwe kuphatikiza Royal Geographic Society ndi Rockefellers. Kulowa naye paulendowu anali mnzake wapamtima Raleigh Rimell, mwana wake wamwamuna wamkulu Jack wazaka 22, ndi antchito awiri aku Brazil.
Patsiku latsoka limenelo la May 29, 1925, Percy Fawcett ndi gulu lake anafika m’mphepete mwa dziko losadziŵika nkomwe, kumene nkhalango zowirira zinali zisanachedwepo ndi alendo. Adafotokoza m'kalata yomwe adalemba kunyumba kuti amawoloka Upper Xingu, mtsinje wakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa mtsinje wa Amazon, ndipo adatumiza m'modzi mwa anzawo aku Brazil kubwerera, akufuna kupitiliza ulendo wawo.
Pamene ankapita kumalo otchedwa Dead Horse Camp, Fawcett anatumiza makalata obwerera kwawo kwa miyezi isanu ndipo mwezi wachisanu utatha, anaima. M’mawu ake omalizira, iye analemba uthenga wolimbikitsa kwa mkazi wake Nina, ponena kuti iwo apambana m’kugonjetsa derali posachedwa. "Tikukhulupirira kuti tidzadutsa m'derali m'masiku ochepa .... Simuyenera kuopa kulephera kulikonse.” Tsoka ilo, aka anali omaliza kumva kwa iwo.
Gululi lidalengeza kuti likhala kwa chaka chimodzi, ndiye pomwe awiri adadutsa osanena chilichonse, anthu adayamba kuda nkhawa. Magulu angapo osaka adatumizidwa, ena mwa iwo adasowa ngati Fawcett. Albert de Winton, mtolankhani, anatumizidwa kuti akapeze gulu lake ndipo sanaonekenso.
Pazonse, maulendo 13 adayambika poyesa kuyankha kusowa kosadziwika kwa Fawcett, ndipo anthu opitilira 100 adaphedwa kapena adagwirizana ndi wofufuzayo pakuthawitsidwa kwake m'nkhalango. Anthu ambiri adadzipereka kuti apite kuulendowu, ndipo ambiri adanyamuka kukasaka Fawcett zaka makumi angapo zotsatira.
Kodi wina adapha Percy Fawcett?
Lipoti lochokera ku gulu lopulumutsa anthu linanena kuti Fawcett anaphedwa chifukwa chokhumudwitsa mfumu ya ku India, yomwe ndi nkhani yovomerezeka. Komabe, Fawcett nthaŵi zonse ankagogomezera kufunika kosunga maunansi abwino ndi mafuko akumaloko ndipo zikumbukiro za anthu akumaloko za iye zikuoneka kukhala zogwirizana ndi zimene analemba.
Chifukwa china n’chakuti mwina iye ndi gulu lake anafa ndi ngozi yomvetsa chisoni, monga matenda kapena kumizidwa. Kuthekera kwachitatu n’chakuti mwadzidzidzi anaukiridwa ndi achifwamba ndi kuphedwa. Ulendowu usanachitike, m’derali munali anthu oukira boma, ndipo asilikali ena opanduka anali kubisala m’nkhalango. M’miyezi ingapo pambuyo pa ulendowu, apaulendo ananena kuti anaimitsidwa, achifwamba, ndipo nthaŵi zina, kuphedwa ndi zigawengazo.
Mu 1952, amwenye a ku Kalapalo a ku Central Brazil anauza alendo ena amene anadutsa m’dziko lawo ndipo anaphedwa chifukwa chosalemekeza ana a m’mudzimo. Zofotokozera za nkhani yawo zimasonyeza kuti omwalirawo anali Percy Fawcett, Jack Fawcett, ndi Raleigh Rimmell. Pambuyo pake, wofufuza wa ku Brazil, Orlando Villas Boas, adafufuza malo omwe amayenera kuti adaphedwe ndikuchotsa mabwinja a anthu, komanso katundu wawo kuphatikiza mpeni, mabatani, ndi tinthu tating'ono tachitsulo.
Mayesero angapo adachitidwa pa mafupa, komabe palibe chitsimikizo chotsimikizika chomwe chingafikidwe chifukwa chosowa zitsanzo za DNA kuchokera kwa mamembala a banja la Fawcett, omwe anakana kupereka. Pakadali pano, mafupawa akusungidwa ku Forensic Medicine Institute yomwe ili ku University of Sao Paulo.
Ngakhale kuti Colonel Percy Fawcett wotchuka wa 'Mzinda Wotayika wa Z,' mizinda yambiri yakale komanso mabwinja a malo achipembedzo apezeka m'nkhalango za Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, ndi Honduras posachedwapa. Chifukwa cha kupita patsogolo kwaukadaulo wa sikani, ndizotheka kuti mzinda womwe ukanalimbikitsa nthano za 'Z' zitha kudziwika nthawi ina mtsogolo.
Pambuyo powerenga zakusowa kosadziwika bwino kwa Percy Fawcett ndi Mzinda Wotayika wa Z, werengani Alfred Isaac Middleton yemwe akuti adapeza Mzinda Wotayika wa Dawleetoo ndi bokosi lagolide.
