Sekuphele cishe iminyaka eyikhulu kusukela uColonel Percy Fawcett, umhloli wamazwe oyiNgisi ozimisele, anyamalala ngesikhathi efuna impucuko yakudala ayibiza ngokuthi 'Z' e-Amazon. Ngo-1925, yena nendodana yakhe endala uJack, 22, baduka, bethatha noma yimuphi umkhondo ka-'Z' kanye nabo.
Emashumini amaningi eminyaka ngemva kokuqala kwalokho okudume ngokudume ngokuthi “imfihlakalo yokuhlola enkulu kunazo zonke yekhulu lama-20,” ifilimu evelele iye yagcina iphila. Kodwa-ke, ngokuqonda okusha kwemiphumela yomsebenzi womuntu ehlathini lemvula okwakucatshangwa ukuthi lalingakathintwa, ingabe kungenzeka ukudalula amaqiniso ngo-'Z' kanye nokuthi ukuphi u-Fawcett?
Umbhalo wesandla 512
Ngo-1920, uFawcett wazithela phezu kombhalo oseMtatsheni Wezincwadi Kazwelonke waseRio De Janeiro obizwa ngokuthi. Umbhalo wesandla 512. Yabhalwa umhloli wamazwe ongumPutukezi ngo-1753, yachaza ngokuningiliziwe ukutholakala kwedolobha elibiyelwe ekujuleni kwesifunda saseMato Grosso e-Amazon. Umbhalo wesandla wawuchaza idolobha lesiliva elinezakhiwo ezinezitezi eziningi, amakhothamo amade amatshe, nemigwaqo ebanzi eholela echibini. Ohlangothini lwesakhiwo, umhloli wamazwe waphawula izinhlamvu eziyinqaba ezifana nesiGreki sasendulo noma zaseYurophu.
Abavubukuli abazange bakunake lokhu okushiwo, bethi amahlathi ayengenakukwazi ukuqukatha amadolobha amakhulu kangaka. Noma kunjalo, ku-Fawcett, izingcezu zephazili ziyahlangana.
Ngo-1921, uFawcett waqala umkhankaso wakhe wokuqala wokuthola 'idolobha elilahlekile lase-Z.' Nokho, ngemva nje kokuhamba, yena nethimba lakhe bazizwa bedangele ngenxa yobunzima bamahlathi emvula, izilwane zasendle, nensada yokugula. Umsebenzi wakhe wamiswa, kodwa waphinda wahamba yedwa esuka e-Bahia, eBrazil, kamuva ngawo lowo nyaka. Uhlale kulo mzila izinyanga ezintathu ngaphambi kokubuya engaphumelelanga.
Ukunyamalala kukaPercy Fawcett
Ukufuna kukaPercy u-'Z' kuphelile ngokunyamalala kwakhe ngeshwa. Ngo-April, 1925, wazama esinye isikhathi ukuthola u-'Z', kulokhu ehlonyiswe kangcono futhi exhaswa kangcono ngamaphephandaba nezinhlangano ezihlanganisa i-Royal Geographic Society kanye ne-Rockefellers. Owamjoyina ohambweni kwakungumngane wakhe omkhulu u-Raleigh Rimell, indodana yakhe endala uJack eneminyaka engu-22, kanye nezisebenzi ezimbili zaseBrazil.
Ngalolo suku olubi lwangomhla zingama-29 kuNhlaba, 1925, uPercy Fawcett nethimba lakhe bafika emaphethelweni ezwe elalingaziwa ngokuphelele, lapho amahlathi aluhlaza ayengakaze avakashelwe abantu bakwamanye amazwe. Uchaze encwadini ayeyibhalele ekhaya ukuthi babewela i-Upper Xingu, indawo engenela eningizimu-mpumalanga yoMfula i-Amazon, futhi bathumele omunye wabahamba nabo baseBrazil ukuthi abuye, efisa ukuqhubeka nohambo yedwa.
Njengoba beya endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi i-Dead Horse Camp, uFawcett wathumela izincwadi ekhaya izinyanga ezinhlanu futhi ngemva kwenyanga yesihlanu, bayeka. Kowokugcina ubhalele unkosikazi wakhe uNina umyalezo oqinisekisayo ukuthi bazophumelela ukunqoba lesi sifunda maduze. “Sithemba ukuthi sizodlula kulesi sifunda ezinsukwini ezimbalwa…. Awudingi ukwesaba noma yikuphi ukwehluleka.” Ngeshwa, lesi bekungokokugcina noma ubani owake wezwa kubo.
Ithimba lase limemezele inhloso yalo yokuba unyaka lingekho, ngakho kwathi lapho ababili bedlula bengashongo lutho, abantu baqala ukukhathazeka. Inqwaba yezinhlangano zokusesha zathunyelwa, ezinye zazo zanyamalala ngendlela efanayo no-Fawcett. U-Albert de Winton, intatheli, wathunyelwa ukuba ayofuna iqembu lakhe futhi akaphindanga wabonwa.
Sekukonke, kwaqalwa izinkambo eziyi-13 emzamweni wokuphendula ukunyamalala kukaFawcett ngendlela engaqondakali, futhi kwabulawa abantu abangaphezu kwekhulu noma bajoyina umhloli wamazwe ekunyamalale kwakhe ehlathini. Abantu abaningi bazinikela ukuthi baye ohambweni, futhi inqwaba yabo yaqala ukucinga u-Fawcett emashumini eminyaka alandelayo.
Ingabe kukhona owabulala uPercy Fawcett?
Umbiko osemthethweni ovela ophikweni lokuhlenga uphakamise ukuthi uFawcett wabulawa ngokucasula inkosi yaseNdiya, okuyindaba eyamukelwayo. Nokho, uFawcett wayehlale egcizelela isidingo sokugcina ubuhlobo obuhle nezizwe zendawo futhi izinkumbulo zabantu bendawo ngaye zibonakala zivumelana nalokho akubhala.
Okunye okungase kuchaze ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi yena nethimba lakhe bashone engozini ebuhlungu, njengesifo noma ukuminza. Okwesithathu okungenzeka ukuthi bahlaselwa izigebengu kungazelelwe futhi babulawa. Ngaphambi kwalolu hambo, kwakunesiphithiphithi endaweni, futhi amasosha athile angamambuka ayecashe ehlathini. Ezinyangeni ezalandela lolu hambo, abahambi babebike ukuthi bayavinjwa, bagetshengwa, futhi kwezinye izimo, babulawa amavukela-mbuso.
Ngo-1952, amaNdiya aseKalapalo aseBrazil Emaphakathi abikela izivakashi ezithile ezadlula ezweni lawo futhi zabulawa ngenxa yokungahloniphi izingane zasendaweni. Ukucaciswa kokulandisa kwabo kusho ukuthi abashonile kwakunguPercy Fawcett, uJack Fawcett, noRaleigh Rimmell. Kamuva, umhloli wamazwe wase-Brazil u-Orlando Villas Boas uphenye indawo okuthiwa babulawelwe kuyo waphinde walanda izinsalela zomuntu, kanye nempahla yomuntu siqu ehlanganisa ummese, izinkinobho, nezinto ezincane zensimbi.
Ukuhlolwa okuningi kwenziwa emathanjeni, nokho asikho isiphetho esiqondile esingafinyelelwa ngenxa yokungabi bikho kwamasampula olibofuzo kumalungu omndeni kaFawcett, abenqabile ukunikeza. Njengamanje, amathambo agcinwe e-Forensic Medicine Institute e-University of Sao Paulo.
Naphezu kobunzima begama likaColonel Percy Fawcett lodumo elithi 'Idolobha Elilahlekile Lakwa-Z,' amadolobha amaningi asendulo namanxiwa ezindawo zenkolo kuye kwembulwa emahlathini emvula aseGuatemala, eBrazil, eBolivia, naseHonduras muva nje. Ngenxa yentuthuko kubuchwepheshe bokuskena, kuyacatshangwa ukuthi idolobha okungenzeka likhuthaze izinganekwane ze-'Z' lingakhonjwa esikhathini esithile esizayo.
Ngemva kokufunda ngokunyamalala okungaqondakali kukaPercy Fawcett kanye neDolobha Elilahlekile lakwaZ, funda ngakho U-Alfred Isaac Middleton okuthiwa uthole iDolobha Elilahlekile laseDawleetoo kanye nebhokisi legolide.
