1875-1956

Traces the author's recreation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides.

Traces the author's recreation of Hiram Bingham III's discovery of the ancient citadel, Machu Picchu, in the Andes Mountains of Peru, describing his struggles with rudimentary survival tools and his experiences at the sides of local guides.

Presents an overview of the fifteenth-century ruins of the Inca empire. Includes new and archival photographs as well as color illustrations of numerous artifacts discovered at the site.

Explores the ancient Incan cities of Machu Picchu and Vitcos and discusses the exploratory journeys of Hiram Bingham, the American who found the ancient cities.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Hiram Bingham, a Yale historian, set out to discover the final resting place of the Incas. His rediscovery of the ancient citadel Machu Picchu inspired the first modern studies of the Incas.

An account of Hiram Bingham's 1911 discovery of a well-preserved Incan city perched between two peaks of the Andes mountains.

A biography of the man who discovered Machu Pichu in 1911 and later gave up his scholarly exploration to pursue a career in politics, taking a seat in the U.S. Senate after a two-day term as Governor of Connecticut.

Draws upon letters and journals of the members of Robert Scott's second expedition to Antarctica to examine the story of how Scott and five other explorers survived stranded in the winter cold of the South Pole.

Reprints a series of reports and photographs that appeared in "National Geographic" magazine in the early twentieth century, in which explorer Hiram Bingham details his discovery of the legendary Inca city of Macchu Picchu.

Photographs and text discuss Hiram Bingham's 1911 expedition in search of the lost city of the Incas. Describes how the Machu Picchu was found.