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| Author | : Janey Levy |
| Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2013-12-30 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1482404532 |
Provides information about Machu Picchu, including such facts as the lack of an Incan writing system and that the whole structure was built without mortar.
| Author | : Hiram Bingham |
| Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Total Pages | : 299 |
| Release | : 2010-12-16 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0297865331 |
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.
| Author | : Mark Adams |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 398 |
| Release | : 2011-06-30 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1101535407 |
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 | : Drew Nelson |
| Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2013-12-30 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 148240463X |
Discusses twenty interesting facts about the history of the Colosseum.
| Author | : Kristen Rajczak Nelson |
| Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2013-12-30 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1482404680 |
Discusses interesting facts about the history of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.
| Author | : Therese Shea |
| Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group |
| Total Pages | : 34 |
| Release | : 2013-12-30 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1482404737 |
Presents facts, photographs and information on the Great Wall of China.
| Author | : Megan Stine |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 113 |
| Release | : 2018-01-23 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 152478883X |
What's left of Machu Picchu stands as the most significant link to the marvelous Inca civilization of Peru. Now readers can explore these ruins in this compelling Where Is? title. Built in the fifteenth century and tucked away in the mountains of Peru, Machu Picchu was abandoned after the Spaniards conquered the Incan empire in the sixteenth century. It remained hidden until 1911 when Hiram Bingham uncovered the marvelous complex and shared his discovery with the world. Today, hundreds of thousands of people visit the site to climb the 3,000 stone steps, explore the towering monuments, and see the numerous species that call these famous ruins home.
| Author | : Ted Lewin |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 46 |
| Release | : 2003-06-02 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1101652772 |
Caldecott Honor-winner Ted Lewin takes readers on a thrilling journey to the wilds of Peru in this story of Hiram Bingham, who, in 1911, carved a treacherous path through snake-filled jungles and across perilous mountains in search of Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Incas. Guided the last steps by a young Quechua boy, however, he discovered not the rumored lost city, but the ruins of Machu Picchu, a city totally unknown to the outside world, and one of the wonders of the world.
| Author | : Johan Reinhard |
| Publisher | : Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2007-12-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1938770927 |
Machu Picchu, recently voted one of the New Wonders of the World, is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, yet it remains a mystery. Even the most basic questions are still unanswered: What was its meaning and why was it built in such a difficult location? Renowned explorer Johan Reinhard attempts to answer such elusive questions from the perspectives of sacred landscape and archaeoastronomy. Using information gathered from historical, archaeological, and ethnographical sources, Reinhard demonstrates how the site is situated in the center of sacred mountains and associated with a sacred river, which is in turn symbolically linked with the sun's passage. Taken together, these features meant that Machu Picchu formed a cosmological, hydrological, and sacred geological center for a vast region.
| Author | : Kim MacQuarrie |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 548 |
| Release | : 2008-06-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0743260503 |
Documents the epic conquest of the Inca Empire as well as the decades-long insurgency waged by the Incas against the Conquistadors, in a narrative history that is partially drawn from the storytelling traditions of the Peruvian Amazon Yora people. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
