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Category: Non-Fiction
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu, now beautifully illustrated with contemporary modern photographs.
In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu, now beautifully illustrated with contemporary modern photographs.
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 Urumbamba River.
The buildings were of white granite, exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man. Bingham had not discovered Vilcabamba, but he had nevertheless made an astonishing discovery.
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