Books Details
Author : Hiram Bingham Pages : 224 pages Publisher : Phoenix Language : ISBN-10 :
B00GVFWA8I ISBN-13 : 9780297865339
Books Descriptions
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the
lost city of Machu Picchu.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 Urubamba 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 and memorable discovery, which he describes in his bestselling book
LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.
