AN ATOM OF ART

Although not the first, the most famous example of literary fiction inspired by Mount Roraima is The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. A runaway bestseller in 1912, this novel is the source of the many “lost world” and “land that time forgot” stories since then – in novels, comics, television shows, board games and movies, including the Jurassic Park series, Up, and the very first in-flight movie ever shown: The Lost World (1925)

Doyle imagined the mountaintop as the preserve of dinosaurs that escaped extinction, and other ancient life, including ape-like humanoids. Wikipedia article, "The Lost World (Doyle novel)"