Where is the Lost World?
After waiting 30 years for his father to return from a fated Amazonian expedition, the son of explorer Colonel Fawcett published his father’s remaining diaries. In one short paragraph Fawcett described a conversation with author Conan Doyle that led to the classic 1912 novel ‘The Lost World’. In 2001, three English explorers set out to prove that it was indeed Fawcett’s 1908 expedition in the Amazon that influenced the book and not Mount Roraima in Venezuela as had been presumed.
Grounded by COVID two of the explorers recount over a Zoom call the story of their discovery, in a bid to “put the record straight”. This is DJ and Simon’s second story that explores the relationship between early 20th century exploration and literature.
September 19, 2022
China Daily DOCS
