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- catalog abstract ""The lost cities of South America have always exercised a powerful hold on the imagination. The ruins of the Incas and other pre-Columbian civilisations are scattered over thousands of miles of still largely uncharted territory, particularly in the Eastern Andes where the mountains fall away towards the Amazon." "Twenty years ago, Hugh Thomson first set off into the cloud-forest on foot to find a ruin that had been carelessly lost again after its initial discovery. This was his introduction to the curious and confusing world of Inca archaeology. He has since travelled to many remote lost cities via the countless interconnecting paths the Incas laid across the Andes, and explored what they left behind - the remnants of a remarkable civilisation that is still only partially understood." "Into his narrative, Thomson weaves the accounts of some of the explorers who had gone before him: Hiram Bingham, who discovered Machu Picchu; brave Robert Nichols, killed looking for the mythical 'Paititi' (a temple-site in the Madre de Dios which has acquired the same lure for explorers as the original El Dorado had for the conquistadors); and the remarkable modern explorer Gene Savoy, who had discovered many impressive sites in just the last few years, including Espiritu Pampa, the last refuge of the Inca court after the Spanish Conquest."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12320596.
- catalog coverage "Cuzco (Peru : Province) Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Vilcabamba Mountains (Peru) Antiquities.".
- catalog coverage "Vilcabamba Mountains (Peru) Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""The lost cities of South America have always exercised a powerful hold on the imagination. The ruins of the Incas and other pre-Columbian civilisations are scattered over thousands of miles of still largely uncharted territory, particularly in the Eastern Andes where the mountains fall away towards the Amazon." "Twenty years ago, Hugh Thomson first set off into the cloud-forest on foot to find a ruin that had been carelessly lost again after its initial discovery. This was his introduction to the curious and confusing world of Inca archaeology. He has since travelled to many remote lost cities via the countless interconnecting paths the Incas laid across the Andes, and explored what they left behind - the remnants of a remarkable civilisation that is still only partially understood." "Into his narrative, Thomson weaves the accounts of some of the explorers who had gone before him: Hiram Bingham, who discovered Machu Picchu; brave Robert Nichols, killed looking for the mythical 'Paititi' (a temple-site in the Madre de Dios which has acquired the same lure for explorers as the original El Dorado had for the conquistadors); and the remarkable modern explorer Gene Savoy, who had discovered many impressive sites in just the last few years, including Espiritu Pampa, the last refuge of the Inca court after the Spanish Conquest."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-300) and index.".
- catalog description "Part I. A new world ; Choquequirao: cradle of gold ; Machu Picchu and its bones ; To Bolivia and Collasuyo ; To Ecuador and Chinchasuyo ; Ollantaytambo ; The White Rock -- Part II. Return of Cuzco ; Adentro (within) ; The last city of the Incas -- Inca genealogy -- Chronology of the Inca empire and Spanish conquest --Chronology of the exploration of the Vilcabamba.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 316 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0297842447".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson,".
- catalog spatial "Cuzco (Peru : Province) Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Peru Cuzco (Province)".
- catalog spatial "Vilcabamba Mountains (Peru) Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Vilcabamba Mountains (Peru) Discovery and exploration.".
- catalog subject "985.019 21".
- catalog subject "Explorers Peru Cuzco (Province)".
- catalog subject "F3429 .T28 2001".
- catalog subject "Inca architecture Peru Cuzco (Province)".
- catalog subject "Incas Peru Cuzco (Province) Antiquities.".
- catalog subject "Incas Peru Cuzco (Province) History.".
- catalog subject "Thomson, Hugh Travel Peru Cuzco (Province)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part I. A new world ; Choquequirao: cradle of gold ; Machu Picchu and its bones ; To Bolivia and Collasuyo ; To Ecuador and Chinchasuyo ; Ollantaytambo ; The White Rock -- Part II. Return of Cuzco ; Adentro (within) ; The last city of the Incas -- Inca genealogy -- Chronology of the Inca empire and Spanish conquest --Chronology of the exploration of the Vilcabamba.".
- catalog title "The white rock : an exploration of the Inca heartland / Hugh Thomson.".
- catalog type "text".