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Lost City of the Incas

Hiram Bingham

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If there ever was a real Indiana Jones, it was the academic, explorer, photographer and treasure hunter, Hiram Bingham. If you really love archaeology, adventure and exotic destinations, this is the book for you. It reads like an old adventurer's journal. You can really feel the weariness of the journey as you become more and more a "part" of this exploring team from the 1910's. "Few romances can ever surpass the majesty of the granite citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown of Inca Land." Warning: Don't get into this book looking for precise facts about the Peruvian tribes and the site... things were a lot different back then!

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.

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Binding: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Apr 2011
Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 22 mm
ISBN: 9781842125854