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Where Is Machu Picchu?

2018-01-23 Juvenile Nonfiction
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Release : 2018-01-23
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Synopsis Where Is Machu Picchu? by : Megan Stine

Download or read book Where Is Machu Picchu? written by Megan Stine. This book was released on 2018-01-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Making Machu Picchu

2018-08-17 History
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Release : 2018-08-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Making Machu Picchu by : Mark Rice

Download or read book Making Machu Picchu written by Mark Rice. This book was released on 2018-08-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking at a 1913 National Geographic Society gala, Hiram Bingham III, the American explorer celebrated for finding the "lost city" of the Andes two years earlier, suggested that Machu Picchu "is an awful name, but it is well worth remembering." Millions of travelers have since followed Bingham's advice. When Bingham first encountered Machu Picchu, the site was an obscure ruin. Now designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Machu Picchu is the focus of Peru's tourism economy. Mark Rice's history of Machu Picchu in the twentieth century—from its "discovery" to today's travel boom—reveals how Machu Picchu was transformed into both a global travel destination and a powerful symbol of the Peruvian nation. Rice shows how the growth of tourism at Machu Picchu swayed Peruvian leaders to celebrate Andean culture as compatible with their vision of a modernizing nation. Encompassing debates about nationalism, Indigenous peoples' experiences, and cultural policy—as well as development and globalization—the book explores the contradictions and ironies of Machu Picchu's transformation. On a broader level, it calls attention to the importance of tourism in the creation of national identity in Peru and Latin America as a whole.

Machu Picchu

2004-01-01 Social Science
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Release : 2004-01-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 638/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Machu Picchu by : Richard L. Burger

Download or read book Machu Picchu written by Richard L. Burger. This book was released on 2004-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the status of contemporary research on Incan civilization, and addresses mysteries of the founding and abandonment of Machu Picchu, charting its archaeological history from 1911 to the present.

Lost City of the Incas

2010-12-16 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2010-12-16
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 331/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Lost City of the Incas by : Hiram Bingham

Download or read book Lost City of the Incas written by Hiram Bingham. This book was released on 2010-12-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Turn Right at Machu Picchu

2011-06-30 Travel
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Release : 2011-06-30
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 407/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Turn Right at Machu Picchu by : Mark Adams

Download or read book Turn Right at Machu Picchu written by Mark Adams. This book was released on 2011-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?

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