An investigation into the mysterious disappearance of British explorer Percy Fawcett's 1925 expedition into the Amazon searching for the lost city of Z. Describes how Fawcett sparked the imagination of many people who believed that the jungle hid the remains of an ancient civilization. Explores the clues he left behind to investigate both his disappearance and the mystery of Z.

Maps on lining papers.

We shall return -- The vanishing -- The search begins -- Buried treasure -- Blank spots on the map -- The disciple -- Freeze-dried ice cream and adrenaline socks -- Into the Amazon -- The secret papers -- The green hell -- Dead Horse Camp -- In the hands of the gods -- Ransom -- The case for Z -- El Dorado -- The locked box -- The whole world is mad -- A scientific obsession -- An unexpected clue -- Have no fear -- The last eyewitness -- Dead or alive -- The colonel's bones -- The other world -- Z.