Pange pave nemakore anoda kusvika zana kubva Colonel Percy Fawcett, muongorori weChirungu akatsunga, atsakatika achitsvaga budiriro yekare yaaiti 'Z' muAmazon. Muna 1925, iye nemwanakomana wake mukuru Jack, makumi maviri nemaviri, vakashaika, vachitora chero mutsara we'Z' navo.
Makumi mazhinji emakore mushure mekutanga kweinozivikanwa se "chakavanzika chikuru chekuongorora chezana ramakore rechi20," imwe firimu remafirimu rakaita kuti rirambe riripo. Zvakadaro, nekunzwisisa kutsva kwemhedzisiro yezviitwa zvevanhu pasango rinogara richinaya “risina kubatwa”, zvinogoneka here kuburitsa chokwadi che'Z' uye nekupi kwaFawcett?
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Muna 1920, Fawcett akasangana negwaro muNational Library yeRio De Janeiro rainzi. Manyoro 512. Yakanyorwa nemumwe muongorori wechiPutukezi muna 1753, uye yakatsanangura kuwanikwa kweguta rakakomberedzwa nemadziro mukatikati medunhu reMato Grosso kuAmazon. Manyoro akarondedzera guta resirivheri rine zvivakwa zvine nhurikidzwa dzakawanda, matombo marefu akareba, uye migwagwa yakafara yaienda kudhamu. Parutivi rwechimiro, munzveri akacherekedza mavara echienzi akafanana nechiGiriki chekare kana kuti arufabheti yokuEurope.
Vanochera matongo havana kuteerera kutaura uku, vachipikisa kuti masango aisakwanisa kutakura maguta makuru akadaro. Zvakadaro, kuna Fawcett, zvidimbu zvepuzzle zvinokwana pamwechete.
Muna 1921, Fawcett akatanga kutsvaga kwake kwekutanga kutsvaga 'guta rakarasika reZ.' Zvisinei, achangobuda, iye nechikwata chake vakanzwa vaora mwoyo pamusana pokuoma kwesango rinonaya mvura yakawanda, mhuka dzesango, uye kurwara kwakawanda. Basa rake rakambomira, asi akazosimuka zvakare ari oga kubva kuBahia, Brazil, gare gare gore iroro. Akagara panzira iyi kwemwedzi mitatu asati adzoka asina kubudirira.
Kunyangarika kwaPercy Fawcett
Kutsvaga kwaPercy kwekupedzisira 'Z' kwakapera nekutsakatika kwake. Muna Kubvumbi, 1925, akaedza imwe nguva zvakare kuwana 'Z', panguva ino akashongedzerwa zvirinani uye achitsigirwa zvirinani nemapepanhau nemasangano anosanganisira Royal Geographic Society neRockefellers. Kubatana naye parwendo kwaiva shamwari yake yepedyo Raleigh Rimell, mwanakomana wake mukuru Jack ane makore 22, uye vashandi vaviri vekuBrazil.
Pazuva iroro rakaipa raMay 29, 1925, Percy Fawcett nechikwata chake vakasvika kumucheto kwenyika yakanga isina kumbozivikanwa zvachose, uko masango akasvibira akanga asati amboshanyirwa nevanhu vokune dzimwe nyika. Akatsanangura mutsamba yekumba ivo vaiyambuka Upper Xingu, rwizi rwekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweRwizi rweAmazon, uye vakatumira mumwe wevafambidzani vekuBrazil kudzoka, vachida kuenderera mberi nerwendo vari vega.
Pavaienda kunzvimbo inonzi Dead Horse Camp, Fawcett akatumira kutumira kumba kwemwedzi mishanu uye mushure memwedzi wechishanu, vakamira. Mune yake yekupedzisira, akanyora meseji yekusimbisa kumudzimai wake, Nina, achiti vachabudirira kukunda dunhu iri munguva pfupi iri kutevera. "Tinovimba kuti tichapfuura munzvimbo ino mumazuva mashoma…. Haufaniri hako kutya kuti ungakundikana.” Sezvineiwo, aka kaive kekupedzisira kunzwa kubva kwavari.
Chikwata ichi chakange chazivisa kuti chaive chisipo kwegore zvekuti pakadarika vaviri pasina kana shoko vanhu vakatanga kubatikana. Mapato akati wandei ekutsvaga akatumirwa kunze, mamwe acho akanyangarika nenzira yakafanana neyaFawcett. Albert de Winton, mutori wenhau, akatumwa kunotsvaka boka rake uye haana kuzomboonekwazve.
Pamwe chete, nzendo gumi nenhatu dzakatangwa mukuyedza kupindura kutsakatika kusingatsananguriki kwaFawcett, uye vanhu vanopfuura zana vakaurayiwa kana kubatana nemuongorori mukutsakatika kwake musango. Vanhu vazhinji vakazvipa kuti vaende kunovhakacha, uye vazhinji vavo vakatanga kutsvaga Fawcett mumakumi emakore aitevera.
Pane munhu akauraya Percy Fawcett here?
Chirevo chepamutemo kubva kumishini yekununura chakaratidza kuti Fawcett akaurayiwa nekugumbura mukuru weIndia, inova nyaya inogamuchirwa. Zvisinei, Fawcett akanga agara achisimbisa kudiwa kwokuchengeta ukama hwakanaka nendudzi dzomunzvimbomo uye ndangariro dzavanhu vomunzvimbomo pamusoro pake dzinoratidzika kuva dzinowirirana nezvaakanyora.
Imwe tsananguro inogona kunge iri yekuti iye nechikwata chake vanogona kunge vakafa netsaona yakaipisisa, yakadai sechirwere kana kunyura. Chechitatu chingangodaro ndechokuti vakarwiswa nemakororo vasingafungiri ndokuurayiwa. Rwendo urwu rusati rwaitika, pakanga paitika chimurenga munzvimbo iyi, uye mamwe masoja akapanduka akanga akavanda musango. Mumwedzi yakatevera rwendo urwu, vafambi vakanga vashuma kuti vaimiswa, vabirwa, uye pane dzimwe nguva, kupondwa nevapanduki.
Muna 1952, maIndia eKalapalo eCentral Brazil akazivisa nezvevamwe vashanyi vakanga vapfuura nemunyika yavo uye vakaurayiwa nokuda kwokusaremekedza vana vomumusha. Matauriro erondedzero yavo aireva kuti mushakabvu aive Percy Fawcett, Jack Fawcett, naRaleigh Rimmell. Mushure mezvo, muongorori wekuBrazil Orlando Villas Boas akaongorora nzvimbo yavakapondwa ndokutora zvisaririra zvevanhu, pamwe chete nezvinhu zvavo zvinosanganisira banga, mabhatani, uye zvinhu zvidiki zvesimbi.
Miedzo yakawanda yakaitwa pamapfupa, asi hapana mhedziso chaiyo yaigona kusvikwa nekuda kwekushaikwa kwemasamples eDNA kubva kunhengo dzemhuri yaFawcett, avo vaive varamba kupa chero. Parizvino, mapfupa ari kuchengetwa muForensic Medicine Institute iri paYunivhesiti yeSao Paulo.
Pasinei nekusanzwisisika kweColonel Percy Fawcett ane mukurumbira 'Guta Rakarasika reZ,' maguta akawanda ekare nematongo enzvimbo dzechitendero zvakaratidzwa mumasango eGuatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, neHonduras munguva pfupi yapfuura. Nekuda kwekufambira mberi muhunyanzvi hwekuongorora, zvinogoneka kuti guta rinogona kunge rakakurudzira ngano dze 'Z' rinogona kuzivikanwa pane imwe nguva mune ramangwana.
Mushure mekuverenga nezvekutsakatika kusingatsananguriki kwaPercy Fawcett uye Guta Rakarasika reZ, verenga nezvazvo Alfred Isaac Middleton uyo anonzi akawana Guta Rakarasika reDawleetoo nebhokisi regoridhe.
