South America | South America
May.11.2011
On April 20, 1925, Colonel Percy Fawcett, his elder son Jack Fawcett and Jack's lifelong friend, Raleigh Rimmell, departed from Cuiabá, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso, to find "Z" - Col. Fawcett's name for what he believed to be an ancient city lost in the...
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May.11.2011
This two-hour special traces the origins of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World—the land of dinosaurs and ape men. Dramatizations of 19th century British expeditions combine with a modern-day trek. An exploration team will travel to the mist-shrouded ancient plateau of "Roraima" in Venezuela,...
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Sep.26.2010
Impoverished and oppressed, they'd been promised paradise on earth: a land flowing with milk and honey. But what the settlers found after a devastating sea journey was a cold South American desert where nothing could survive except tribes of nomadic Tehuelche Indians, possibly intent on...
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Jan.08.2008
Alfredito and his family are getting ready to return to El Salvador for Christmas. It will be their first visit back since they left as refugees and made their way to California on foot. But this time they're flying! Excitement mounts as Alfredito and his family soar over the Earth and finally...
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