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“TV Producer a Suicide.” New York Times, June 28, 1954.

Christopher S. Stewart, Jungleland, op. cit.

National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Fifty-two unpublished accession catalog cards and photographs from the Theodore Morde Third Honduran Expedition.

Theodore Morde, “In the Lost City of Ancient America’s Monkey God.” Milwaukee Sentinel, September 22, 1940.

“Seek Long Lost City of Monkey God.” Sunday Morning Star, United Press, April 7, 1940.

“Theodore Ambrose Morde, 1911–1954.” Unpublished, bound volume of original documents, letters, articles, photographs, and typescripts by or relating to Theodore Morde. In the possession of the Morde family.

Theodore Morde and Lawrence Brown, unpublished journals of the Third Honduran Expedition (3 vols.), 1940. In the possession of the Morde family.

E-mail from Christopher Begley, November 4, 2015, confirming Lancetillal as Morde’s presumed city.

Correspondence with Derek Parent, 2015, 2016.





Chapter 6: The Heart of Darkness


Author interviews and correspondence with Steve Elkins, 1997, 2010–2016.

Author interviews with Bruce Heinicke, 2012.

Steve Elkins interview with George Hasemann, 1994.

Author correspondence with the University of Pennsylvania and Penn State, 2015, 2016.

Bhupendra Jasani, “Remote Monitoring from Space: The Resolution Revolution.” In Verification Yearbook, 2000. London: Vertic, 2000. Retrieved from www.vertic.org/media/Archived_Publications/Yearbooks/2000/VY00_Jasani.pdf.

Steve Elkins interview with Sam Glassmire, 1997.

Sam Glassmire, The Bush. Privately published book, 2002.

Sam Glassmire, “He Found a Lost City.” Denver Post Sunday Empire Magazine, November 27 and December 4, 1960.

Sam Glassmire, hand-drawn map, dated February 2, 1960.

“Obituary for Glassmire.” Albuquerque Journal, December 1, 2002.

Thomas H. Maugh II, “Ubar, Fabled Lost City, Found by L.A. Team.” Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1992.





Chapter 7: The Fish That Swallowed the Whale


Philip Sherwell, “Welcome to Honduras, the Most Dangerous Country on the Planet.” Telegraph, November 16, 2013.

Rich Cohen, The Fish That Ate the Whale, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

Boston Fruit Company, Boston Fruit Company Records, 1891–1901. Baker Library, Harvard Business School. Retrieved from Online Archival Search Information System.

United Fruit Company, “Andrew W. Preston Biography.” Retrieved from unitedfruit.org.

William Finnegan, “An Old-Fashioned Coup.” New Yorker, November 30, 2009.





Chapter 8: Lasers in the Jungle


“The Loot of Lima Treasure Story.” Retrieved from aqvisions.com.

Arlen F. Chase, Diane Z. Chase, and John F. Weishampel, “Lasers in the Jungle.” Archaeology, Vol. 63, No. 4, July/August 2010.

Arlen F. Chase et al., “Geospatial Revolution and Remote Sensing LiDAR in Mesoamerican Archaeology.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 109, No. 32, June 25, 2012. Retrieved from pnas.org.

Arlen F. Chase et al., “Airborne LiDAR, Archaeology, and the Ancient Maya Landscape at Caracol, Belize.” Journal of Archaeological Science, Vol. 38, No. 2, February 2011.

Juan Carlos Fernández Díaz, “Lifting the Canopy Veil.” Imaging Notes, Vol. 26, No. 2, Spring 2011.





Chapter 9: Something That Nobody Had Done


Author interviews and correspondence with Bruce Heinicke, 2012, 2013.

Author interview with Mabel Heinicke, 2013.

Author interview with Ramesh Shrestha, 2013.

Author interview with William Carter, 2013.

Author interviews with Michael Sartori, 2012, 2013.

Author interviews with Steve Elkins, 2012–2016.

Author interview with President Porfirio Lobo and Minister áfrico Madrid, 2013.





Chapter 10: The Most Dangerous Place on the Planet


Author interviews with Bill Benenson, 2012, 2013, 2016.

Author interviews with Juan Carlos Fernández, 2012, 2013, 2016.

Author interview with Tom Weinberg, 2016.

Author interviews and correspondence with Bruce Heinicke, 2012, 2013.





Chapter 11: Uncharted Territory


Author interviews with Chuck Gross, 2012, 2013.

Author interviews with Juan Carlos Fernández, 2012, 2015.

Author interview with Ramesh Shrestha, 2013.

Author interview with William Carter, 2013.

Author interviews with Michael Sartori, 2012, 2013.

Ramesh L. Shrestha and William E. Carter, “In Search of the ‘Lost City’ by Airborne Laser Swath Mapping in Honduras, Final Report.” Houston: GSE Research Center, University of Houston, July 18, 2012. (Unpublished report.)





Chapter 12: No Coincidences


Author interview with áfrico Madrid, 2013.

“The Government of Honduras and UTL Scientific, LLC Announce Completion of First-Ever LiDAR Imaging Survey of La Mosquitia Region of Honduras.” Press release, UTL Scientific, May 15, 2012.

“UH Research Team Uses Airborne LiDAR to Unveil Possible Honduran Archaeological Ruins.” Press release, University of Houston, June 5, 2012.

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