Author: Kay Thorpe
Publisher: Harlequin Books
ISBN: 9780373106462
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 191
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Author: Mark Adams
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101535407
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR 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 adventure far more than he’d actually lived it. In fact, he’d never even slept in a tent. Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams’ fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world’s most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu?
Author: Hiram Bingham
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387191195
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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"The builders were not in search of fields. There is so little arable land here that every square yard of earth had to be terraced in order to provide food for the inhabitants. They were not looking for comfort or convenience. Safety was their primary consideration. They were sufficiently civilized to practice intensive agriculture, sufficiently skillful to equal the best masonry the world has ever seen, sufficiently ingenious to make delicate bronzes, and sufficiently advanced in art to realize the beauty of simplicity. What could have induced such a people to select this remote fastness of the Andes, with all its disadvantages, as the site for their capital, unless they were fleeing from powerful enemies."
Author: Ephraim George Squier
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chimes
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Author: Ferdinand Anthony Stahl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incas
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Author: Hans Silvester
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500540497
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Author: Hiram Bingham
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: William Henry Davenport Adams
Publisher: Boston : Estes and Lauriat
ISBN:
Category : Cuzco (Peru)
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Author: Olivia Diamond
Publisher:
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Author: Bonny R. Carney
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 9781493172290
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book will take you on a journey into the Andes Mountains of Perú. It's a true love story--without the sex or the scandal. It doesn't reveal anything you can use to blackmail anyone! It's better than that. It's full of humorous stories about what it took for a small group of American families to adjust and thrive while working for Southern Perú Copper Corporation in a barren, desolate part of South America. It also has a few great recipes for unique Peruvian foods--but not for cuy and chicha--with or without the spit!