Author

Contributions

  • Hugh Thomson - Introduction
  • Hugh Thomson - Photographer
  • Thomson, Hugh. - Contributor

Publication

2002 - Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London (UK), England

Language

English

Word Count

68,500 words, Guess

Page Count

274 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002483039
  • LibraryThing145875
  • Goodreads986753

Classifications

  • DDC985/.37019
  • LCCF3429.1.M3 B617 2002
  • LCCF3429.1.M3B617 2002

Description

**From Amazon.com:** 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.

Description

With an introduction by Hugh Thomson

Subjects

Topics

IncasTravelHistoryJourneysAntiquitiesPeru, antiquitiesPeru -- Antiquities

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  • Lost City of the IncasHardcoverWeidenfeld & Nicolson2002
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