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 bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-13
9781842125854
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26046624370
Product Key Features
Author
Hiram Bingham
Publication Name
Lost City of the Incas
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Geography & Geosciences
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
195mm
Item Width
132mm
Item Weight
265g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Hiram Bingham
Editor
Hugh Thomson
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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