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John Blashford-Snell

1) In the Footsteps of Colonel Fawcett and
2) An Ancient Waterway Between the Pacific & the Atlantic

4 October 2011



The explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett, who disappeared in the Brazilian jungle in 1925, travelled extensively in Bolivia between 1906 and 1913. Inspired by local legends of floods he searched for the lost land of Atlantis…………….  A hundred years later in 2009 Colonel John Blashford Snell led another expedition………


The Transport

The Wildlife

The Archaeology

 

An Ancient Waterway Between the Pacific & the Atlantic


Historical evidence from the Sixteenth Century onwards showed that a Pre Panama canal across Nicaragua may have existed joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  John and his team were asked to seek evidence of this waterway……….

Colonel John Blashford Snell has organised and led over 100 expeditions across the world.  He is actively involved in many charities and is the author of several books on his expeditions.


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Pictures © John Blashford-Snell


Guildford Travel Club meets at the Onslow Village Hall, at the junction of Wilderness Road and Orchard Road on alternate Tuesdays from October to April at 8.00pm (doors open at 7.30pm). Visitors are welcome - £5 per meeting (Student Card Holders - £2.50). For more information or to join:

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