| Lost City of the Incas Contributor(s): Bingham, Hiram (Author), Thomson, Hugh (Consultant) |
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ISBN: 1842125850 ISBN-13: 9781842125854 Publisher: Phoenix OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing archeological sites he uncovered. Early in the 20th century, Bingham ventured into the wild and then unknown country of the Eastern Peruvian Andes--and in 1911 came upon the fabulous Inca city that made him famous: Machu Picchu. In the space of one short season he went on to discover two more lost cities, including Vitcos, where the last Incan Emperor was assassinated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - History | Latin America - South America |
| Dewey: 985.37 |
| Series: Phoenix Press |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.18" W x 7.78" (0.69 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |