Quotes About Exploration

The most recent search for Morde's lost city took place in 2009. A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the Wall Street Journal, Christopher S. Stewart, undertook an arduous journey into the heart of Mosquitia in an attempt to retrace Morde's route.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

Denying the existence of things beyond our knowledge is as dangerous as promoting them.

Incidents of Travel

We took canoes into the heart of darkness.

Douglas Preston

the Mosquitia civilization vanished everywhere all at once—in a sudden, civilization-wide catastrophe.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

Project The Forgotten Room Impact The Third Gate The Monster of Florence Terminal Freeze    (with Mario Spezi) Deep Storm

The dangers of exploring Mosquitia go beyond the natural deterrents. Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world. Eighty percent of the cocaine from South America destined for the United States is shipped through Honduras, most of it via Mosquitia. Drug cartels rule much of the surrounding countryside and towns.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

The question failure asks is: what don't we know that we don't know?

Douglas Preston

There are only a few really high-profile archaeological cultures in the world: Egypt and the Maya.

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

The New World was like a vast, tinder-dry forest waiting to burn—and Columbus brought the fire.

Douglas Preston

Don't live in the past—you will know what you've lost but not what you've found?