Awards & Winners

Percy Fawcett

Date of Birth 18-August-1867
Place of Birth Torquay
(United Kingdom, England, Devon, Torbay)
Nationality
Also know as Col. Percy Harrison Fawcett
Lt. Colonel Percival Harrison Fawcett was a British artillery officer, archaeologist and South American explorer. Along with his eldest son, Fawcett disappeared under unknown circumstances in 1925 during an expedition to find "Z" – his name for an ancient lost city, which he and others believed to be El Dorado, in the uncharted jungles of Brazil.

Awards by Percy Fawcett

Check all the awards nominated and won by Percy Fawcett.

1916


Founder's Gold Medal
(For his contributions to the mapping of South America)