Reddit reviews The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
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Not really exploration but I always thought that this little factoid was amazing. After the events of the Mutiny on the Bounty, William Bligh and some crewmen were put on board a 23 foot launch with the only navigation tools being a sextant and a quadrant. No charts, maps or anything else to help out. Despite that Bligh managed to sail over 3600 nautical miles in 47 days with all of his crewmen intact (except one who was killed by unfriendly natives in Tofua).
I'm also partial to Percy Fawcett and his expeditions in the Amazon looking for the Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z by Grann for sure. Reads like fiction.
I dunno. For a guy who ultimately failed in his greatest enterprise, he sure has gotten a lot more notice of late than other adventurers who, equally unsuccessful, never lost a man.
edit: Shackleton lost 3 men. My bad. But he brought 24 others back... alive. If I could choose one of those two as a leader, it would be...