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Percival Harrison Fawcett was born in 18th August 1867. Son of Edward Fawcett and Myra Elizabeth.
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Percy served in the Trincomalee, Ceylon, where he met his wife. The exact date is unknown.
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Percy joined the RGS in order to study surveying and mapmaking. The exact date is unknown.
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At the age of 39, Percy went to Brazil, South America, to map a jungle area at the borders of Brazil and Bolivia at the behest of the RGS. The exact date is unknown.
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Percy claimed to have seen a 62 feet long giant Anaconda. The exact date is unknown.
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Percival traced the source of the Rio Verde and in 1910 he made a trip to the Heath River to find it's source as well.
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Percy went on an expidition in 1913 and came back claiming he had seen dogs with double noses. These may have been Double-nosed Andean tiger hounds.
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Percival Fawcett departed on his last expidition in Cuiaba. The last communication was in 29th May that year. Percy had telegraphed his wife that he was ready to go to unexplored territory with Jack, his eldest son, and Rimmell.
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About a hundred people went in search to found out what had happened to Percy. One of them said that Percy was killed by the Aloique Indians.
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An expidition went and found what seemed like Percy's bones. His younger son said that it was too small to be his father's bones.
