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Item Details
Title:
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LOST CITY OF THE INCAS
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By: |
Hiram Bingham, Hugh Thomson (Editor), Hugh Thomson |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0297607596 |
ISBN 13: |
9780297607595 |
Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
Pub. date: |
14 February, 2002 |
Pages: |
224 |
Description: |
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. This is an account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu, illustrated with contemporary modern photographs. |
Synopsis: |
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 ft above the torrent of the Urumbamba 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 discovery which he described in his best-selling book "Lost City of the Incas". |
Illustrations: |
78 |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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