Lost City of the Incas
by Bingham, Hiram; Thomson, HughFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher(s): Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | |
| Maps | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 19 |
| Preface | p. 20 |
| The Builders | |
| The Incas and their Civilization | p. 27 |
| The Origin of the Incas | p. 53 |
| The Story of the Last Four Incas | p. 60 |
| The Search | |
| My Introduction to the Land of the Incas | p. 93 |
| The Search for Vitcos | p. 114 |
| The Search for Vilcapampa | p. 144 |
| Machu Picchu | |
| The Discovery | p. 173 |
| Exploration of Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu | p. 182 |
| Vilcapampa the Old | p. 192 |
| Results of Excavations at Machu Picchu | p. 223 |
| The Search for Inca Roads leading to Machu Picchu | p. 245 |
| The Origin of the City now called Machu Picchu | p. 260 |
| Acknowledgements to Original Edition | p. 268 |
| Bibliography | p. 270 |
| Further Reading | p. 271 |
| Index | p. 272 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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