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1) Turn right at Machu Picchu: rediscovering the lost city one step at a time

Author

Adams, Mark

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and "discovered" Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer's perilous path in search of the truth-except he'd written about...

2) Machu Picchu: unveiling the mystery of the Incas

Publisher

Yale University Press

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

3) The Incas and Machu Picchu

Author

Steele, Philip

Publisher

Dillon Press

Pub. Date

1993

Language

English

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Discusses Hiram Bingham's 1911 expedition in search of the lost city of the Incas and describes how he came to find Machu Picchu.

4) Cradle of gold: the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu

Author

Heaney, Christopher

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Pub. Date

2010

Language

English

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"In 1911, a young Peruvian boy led an American explorer and Yale historian named Hiram Bingham into the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Hidden amidst the breathtaking heights of the Andes, this settlement of temples, tombs and palaces was the Incas' greatest achievement. Tall, handsome, and sure of his destiny, Bingham believed that Machu Picchu was the Incas' final refuge, where they fled the Spanish Conquistadors. Bingham made Machu Picchu...