Author: Sir Clements Robert MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Cuzco: a Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru ...
Author: Sir Clements Robert MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Cuzco: a Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru, with an Account of the History, Language, Literature, and Antiquities of the Incas ; And Lima: a Visit to the Capital and Provinces of Modern Peru, with a Sketch of the Viceregal Government ... with Illustrations and a Map
Author: Clements R. MarkhamCuzco: a Journey to the ancient Capital of Peru; ... and Lima; a visit to the Capital and Provinces of Modern Peru
Author: Sir Clements Robert MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Cuzco
Author: Clements R. MarkhamCuzco and Lima
Author: Clements R. MarkhamPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108078788
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Published in 1856, this account traces Markham's travels through Peru to the city of Cuzco, discussing the ancient Inca civilisation.
Cuzco
Author: Sir Clements R. MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Cuzco
Author: Sir Clements Robert MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cuzco (Peru)
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Cuzco
Author: Sir Clements Robert MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Great Inka Road
Author: Ramiro Matos MendietaPublisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588344959
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
This compelling collection of essays explores the Qhapaq nan (or Great Inca Road), an extensive network of trails reaching modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. These roads and the accompanying agricultural terraces and structures that have survived for more than six centuries are a testament to the advanced engineering and construction skills of the Inca people. The Qhapaq nan also spurred an important process of ecological and community integration across the Andean region. This book, the companion volume to a National Museum of the American Indian exhibition of the same name, features essays on six main themes: the ancestors of the Inca, Cusco as the center of the empire, road engineering, road transportation and integration, the road in the Colonial era, and the road today. Beautifully designed and featuring more than 225 full-color illustrations, The Great Inka Road is a fascinating look at this enduring symbol of the Andean peoples' strength and adaptability.
Lost City of the Incas
Author: Hiram BinghamPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297865331
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
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.