The Lost History of the Incas
Author: David Michael Jones
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781846810350
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David Michael Jones
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781846810350
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Kevin Lane
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2022-04-05
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1789145473
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From their mythical origins to astonishing feats of engineering, an expertly informed reassessment of one of the great empires of the Americas: the Inca. In their heyday, the Inca ruled over the largest land empire in the Americas, reaching the pinnacle of South American civilization. Known as the “Romans of the Americas,” these fabulous engineers converted the vertiginous, challenging landscapes of the Andes into a fertile region able to feed millions, alongside building royal estates such as Machu Picchu and a 40,000-kilometer-long road network crisscrossed by elegant braided-rope suspension bridges. Beautifully illustrated, this book examines the mythical origins and history of the Inca, including their economy, society, technology, and beliefs. Kevin Lane reconsiders previous theories while proposing new interpretations concerning the timeline of Inca expansion, their political organization, and the role of women in their society while showcasing how their legacy endures today.
Author: Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780521637596
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →History of the Inca Realm, by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco, is a classic work of ethnohistorical research which has been both influential and provocative in the field of Andean prehistory. Rostworowski uses a great variety of published and unpublished documents and secondary works by Latin American, North American, and European scholars in fields including history, ethnology, archaeology, and ecology, to examine topics such as the mythical origins of the Incas, the expansion of the Inca state, the organization of Inca society, including the political role of women, the vast trading networks of the coastal merchants, and the causes of the disintegration of the Inca state in the face of a small force of Spaniards. At each step, Dr Rostworowski presents her own views, clearly and forcefully, along with those of other scholars, providing her readers with varied evidence from which to draw their own conclusions.
Author: Kim MacQuarrie
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-06-17
Total Pages: 548
ISBN-13: 0743260503
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Author: Mark Adams
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 1101535407
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1989-02-01
Total Pages: 441
ISBN-13: 030904264X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This fascinating, readable volume is filled with enticing, detailed information about more than 30 different Incan crops that promise to follow the potato's lead and become important contributors to the world's food supply. Some of these overlooked foods offer special advantages for developing nations, such as high nutritional quality and excellent yields. Many are adaptable to areas of the United States. Lost Crops of the Incas includes vivid color photographs of many of the crops and describes the authors' experiences in growing, tasting, and preparing them in different ways. This book is for the gourmet and gourmand alike, as well as gardeners, botanists, farmers, and agricultural specialists in developing countries.
Author: Ted Lewin
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-10-11
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 014242580X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Peter Lourie
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Published: 2002-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781563979835
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chronicle of an expedition into the Llanganati Mountains of Ecuador in search of 750 tons of worked gold, which the Incas hid from the Spanish conquistadors after Pizarro executed the Sun King, Atahualpa.
Author: Federico Kauffmann Doig
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Catalouge of an exhibition presented by WONDERS at the Florida International Museum
Author: Tim Wood
Publisher: Viking Children's Books
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780670870370
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Peel back four see-through pages to discover the life in the Inca empire.