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Lost City of the Incas

Hiram Bingham
Lost City of the Incas Book PDF

Author : Hiram Bingham
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780297865339

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Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham Pdf

First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet above the torrent of the Urubamba River. The buildings were of white granite, exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man. Bingham had not, as it turned out, found Vilcabamba, but he had nevertheless made an astonishing and memorable discovery, which he describes in his bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.

Lost City of the Incas

Hiram Bingham
Lost City of the Incas Book PDF

Author : Hiram Bingham
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780297865339

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Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham Pdf

First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of Machu Picchu perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet above the torrent of the Urubamba River. The buildings were of white granite, exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man. Bingham had not, as it turned out, found Vilcabamba, but he had nevertheless made an astonishing and memorable discovery, which he describes in his bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.

Lost City of the Incas

Hiram Bingham
Lost City of the Incas Book PDF

Author : Hiram Bingham
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1981-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002783416

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Lost City of the Incas by Hiram Bingham Pdf

Chronicles the 1911 expedition to the Andes mountains in Peru, during which the ancient royal city of the Incas, Vilcapampa, now known as Machu Picchu, was discovered.

Lost City

Ted Lewin
Lost City Book PDF

Author : Ted Lewin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781101652770

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Lost City by Ted Lewin Pdf

Caldecott Honor-winner Ted Lewin takes readers on a thrilling journey to the wilds of Peru in this story of Hiram Bingham, who, in 1911, carved a treacherous path through snake-filled jungles and across perilous mountains in search of Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Incas. Guided the last steps by a young Quechua boy, however, he discovered not the rumored lost city, but the ruins of Machu Picchu, a city totally unknown to the outside world, and one of the wonders of the world.

Turn Right at Machu Picchu

Mark Adams
Turn Right at Machu Picchu Book PDF

Author : Mark Adams
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781101535400

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Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams Pdf

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the truth—except he’d written about adventure far more than he’d actually lived it. In fact, he’d never even slept in a tent. Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams’ fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world’s most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu?

The Last Days of the Incas

Kim MacQuarrie
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Author : Kim MacQuarrie
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743260503

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The Last Days of the Incas by Kim MacQuarrie Pdf

Documents the epic conquest of the Inca Empire as well as the decades-long insurgency waged by the Incas against the Conquistadors, in a narrative history that is partially drawn from the storytelling traditions of the Peruvian Amazon Yora people. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

The White Rock

Hugh Thomson
The White Rock Book PDF

Author : Hugh Thomson
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781468302301

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An explorer searches the Peruvian Andes for a lost ruin in “a gem of a book [that] transcends the travel writing genre” with fascinating Inca history (Los Angeles Times). A New York Times Notable Book With the backdrop of the ever-intriguing Andes mountains, Hugh Thomson explores the intoxicating history of the Inca people and their heartland. The author, an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and explorer, expertly weaves accounts of his own discoveries and brushes with danger with the history of those who preceded him—including the explorer Hiram Bingham, who discovered Machu Picchu; the twentieth century South American photographer, Martín Chambi; the poet Pablo Neruda; and the Spanish conquistadores who destroyed the Inca civilization—and the eccentric characters he meets on his travels. Following in the footsteps of the explorers Gene Savoy and Hiram Bingham, Thomson set off into the jungle to find the lost city of Llactapat. This is the story of his journey to discover it via the interconnecting paths the Incas laid across the Andes.

Cradle of Gold

Christopher Heaney
Cradle of Gold Book PDF

Author : Christopher Heaney
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780230339880

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Cradle of Gold by Christopher Heaney Pdf

In 1911, a young Peruvian boy led an American explorer and Yale historian named Hiram Bingham into the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Hidden amidst the breathtaking heights of the Andes, this settlement of temples, tombs and palaces was the Incas' greatest achievement. Tall, handsome, and sure of his destiny, Bingham believed that Machu Picchu was the Incas' final refuge, where they fled the Spanish Conquistadors. Bingham made Machu Picchu famous, and his dispatches from the jungle cast him as the swashbuckling hero romanticized today as a true Indiana Jones-like character. But his excavation of the site raised old specters of conquest and plunder, and met with an indigenous nationalism that changed the course of Peruvian history. Though Bingham successfully realized his dream of bringing Machu Picchu's treasure of skulls, bones and artifacts back to the United States, conflict between Yale and Peru persists through the present day over a simple question: Who owns Inca history? In this grand, sweeping narrative, Christopher Heaney takes the reader into the heart of Peru's past to relive the dramatic story of the final years of the Incan empire, the exhilarating recovery of their final cities and the thought-provoking fight over their future. Drawing on original research in untapped archives, Heaney vividly portrays both a stunning landscape and the complex history of a fascinating region that continues to inspire awe and controversy today.

Inca Land

Hiram Bingham
Inca Land Book PDF

Author : Hiram Bingham
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387191192

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Inca Land by Hiram Bingham Pdf

"The builders were not in search of fields. There is so little arable land here that every square yard of earth had to be terraced in order to provide food for the inhabitants. They were not looking for comfort or convenience. Safety was their primary consideration. They were sufficiently civilized to practice intensive agriculture, sufficiently skillful to equal the best masonry the world has ever seen, sufficiently ingenious to make delicate bronzes, and sufficiently advanced in art to realize the beauty of simplicity. What could have induced such a people to select this remote fastness of the Andes, with all its disadvantages, as the site for their capital, unless they were fleeing from powerful enemies."

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Inca Empire

David M. Jones,Instructor Ivy Tech Fort Wayne Indiana David M Jones
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Inca Empire Book PDF

Author : David M. Jones,Instructor Ivy Tech Fort Wayne Indiana David M Jones
Publisher : Lorenz Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Incas
ISBN : 0857234471

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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Inca Empire by David M. Jones,Instructor Ivy Tech Fort Wayne Indiana David M Jones Pdf

A sumptuously illustrated history of the politics, art, architecture, mythology and legends of the Incas.

Machu Picchu

Richard L. Burger,C J MacCurdy Professor and Current Chairman of the Council on Archaeological Studies Richard L Burger,Lucy C. Salazar
Machu Picchu Book PDF

Author : Richard L. Burger,C J MacCurdy Professor and Current Chairman of the Council on Archaeological Studies Richard L Burger,Lucy C. Salazar
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300097634

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Machu Picchu by Richard L. Burger,C J MacCurdy Professor and Current Chairman of the Council on Archaeological Studies Richard L Burger,Lucy C. Salazar Pdf

Details the status of contemporary research on Incan civilization, and addresses mysteries of the founding and abandonment of Machu Picchu, charting its archaeological history from 1911 to the present.

Machu Picchu

Elizabeth Mann
Machu Picchu Book PDF

Author : Elizabeth Mann
Publisher : Wonders of the World Book
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1931414106

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Machu Picchu by Elizabeth Mann Pdf

Describes the history of the Inca civilization and the construction of the city of Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains.

History of the Inca Realm

Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco
History of the Inca Realm Book PDF

Author : Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0521637597

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History of the Inca Realm by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco Pdf

This classic work of ethnohistorical research has been both influential and provocative in the field of Andean prehistory.

Inca

Lawrence Kovacs
Inca Book PDF

Author : Lawrence Kovacs
Publisher : Nomad Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781619301443

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Inca by Lawrence Kovacs Pdf

Revealing legends and legacies, Inca: Discover the Culture and Geography of a Lost Civilization with 25 Projects offers engaging insight into the continent-sprawling ancient Inca culture. The text and activities invite learners on a journey along the Inca Trail. They'll visit the city of Cuzco and the majestic Machu Picchu, built on a jagged ridge thousands of feet above the Urubamba River. Kids will learn about cultural beliefs, rituals, scientific advances, and languages. They'll create Salar de Uyuni salt crystals and build a tropical cloud forest. This captivating educational tool also features unique illustrations, informative sidebars, fun-fact questions, and vocabulary that will interest readers from start to finish.

Lost Cities

Natalie Lunis
Lost Cities Book PDF

Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617726453

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Lost Cities by Natalie Lunis Pdf

Some cities that once thrived have now disappeared, the sites sometimes turning into empty, ominous ruins. What dark secrets are hidden in these vanished cities? In this book, readers will explore the mysteries of the world’s most famous lost cities and learn how these intriguing places were rediscovered. Among the 11 spooky places highlighted are the abandoned remains of a futuristic vacation town that was said to be cursed, and the crumbling ruins of an industrial town on an eerily deserted island. Fascinating histories and haunting photographs will keep kids turning the pages for more.