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Inca Trail: Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Cusco Map

by Lima 2000

2009
MAP
BEST SELLER

This fact-filed map shows the whole of the Sacred Valley from Cusco to Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu on one side and, on the reverse, the area surrounding the sanctuary in splendid, topographic detail (1:50,000) . It's the best map both for those making the trek from kilometer 88 to the site and an excellent choice for those exploring by bus or train. (PRU28, $11.95)

Archaeological Map of Machu Picchu

by Wright Water Engineers

2008
MAP

Ken Wright's foldout color site plan shows monuments, topography and physical features of the Inca sanctuary with exquisite clarity. (PRU23, $6.95)

The Machu Picchu Guidebook

by Ruth M. Wright | Alfredo Valencia Zegarra

GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
188 PAGES

With maps and site plans, a section on new discoveries, a wildlife section and a fold-out full color painting of the city as it may have looked during a solstice celebration in 1530. (PRU34, $21.95)

Insight Guide Peru

by Insight Guides

GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
368 PAGES

Panoramic in scope, this illustrated overview brings Peru to life in hundreds of color photographs and vivid essays by a team of experts writing on history, archaeology and culture. (PRU01, $22.99)

Lost City of the Incas

by Hiram Bingham

EXPLORATION
2003
PAPER
286 PAGES
BEST SELLER
FAVORITE

This first-rate adventure story by the man who brought Machu Picchu to the attention of the world 100 years ago on July 24,1911 is not just a gripping tale of exploration and archaeology, it also sets the scene for any visitor to the site. Hugh Thomson (A Sacred Landscape, The Search for Ancient Peru) provides the introduction to this Centenary Edition. (AND05, $12.95)

Cradle of Gold, The Story of Hiram Bingham

by Chris Heaney

HISTORY
2011
PAPER
272 PAGES

A graduate of Yale and archaeologist, Chris Heaney turns his research in Peru and in the archives into a moving tale of discovery, focusing not just on the charismatic explorer and politician (he was a Connectiut Senator) but also on the controversy surrounding the artifacts Bingham shipped (some say smuggled) home to the Peabody Museum. (PRU106, $17.00)

Cloud Road

by John Harrison

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2010
PAPER
388 PAGES

A captivating account of a 1,500-mile journey along the Andes from Ecuador to Peru. Mostly on foot, either alone or with his girlfriend Elaine, sometimes by bus and, partly in the company of the obstreperous donkey Dapple, Harrison weaves a tale of the people he meets with history and lore. (SAM154, $14.95)

Turn Right at Machu Picchu

by Mark Adams

EXPLORATION
2011
HARD COVER
333 PAGES

Over his head on an arduous guided trek to Choquequirao and other remote sites, Mark Adams mixes entertaining tales of his own travails ((he makes himself out to be quite the accidental explorer) with analysis of the rather grand Hiram Bingham in this light-hearted "following-in-the-footsteps-of" account. (PRU118, $26.95)

Andes

by Michael Jacobs

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2011
PAPER
576 PAGES

Jacobs journeys 4,300 miles from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego in the footsteps Simon Bolivar, Charles Darwin and other explorers, exploring the striking landscape and diverse cultures of South America. (AND81, $24.95)

The Incas, People of the Sun

by Carmen Bernard | Paul Bahn

ARCHAEOLOGY
1994
PAPER
192 PAGES
BEST SELLER

Featuring hundreds of archival drawings and photographs, a chronology and excerpts from the journals of early explorers. (AND03, $12.95)

Machu Picchu, Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas

by Richard L. Burger | Lucy C. Salazar

ARCHAEOLOGY
2008
PAPER
256 PAGES

Burger and Salazar vividly evoke the art, architecture, culture and society of Machu Picchu in this illustrated, up-to-date survey. With Hiram Bingham's original report, archival and modern photographs -- and excellent chapters on recent archaeology at the site. (AND35, $28.00)

The Incas

by Adriana von Hagen | Craig Morris

ARCHAEOLOGY
2012
PAPER
256 PAGES

Morris and von Hagen trace the rise and rule of the Inca, reconstructing the finely built palaces and temples of Cusco and life at lavish royal estates like Chinchero and Machu Picchu with authority in this region-by-region survey. Morris, who died in 2006, was curator of South American Archaeology at AMNH. Von Hagen, daughter of anthropologist-explorer Victor Wolfgang von Hagen, is co-director of the Leymebamba Museum in Chachapoyas. With 150 mostly black-and-white photographs and illustrations, including extensive site plans. (AND83, $26.95)

50 Wonders of the World

by Hugh Thomson

GUIDEBOOK
2011
HARD COVER
192 PAGES

Arranged in order of longitude (how great is that!) and chosen by explorer Hugh Thomson, this spectacular survey presents 50 remarkable places, both ancient and modern, from Stonehenget to Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat and the Golden Gate Bridge. With accompanying essays on the story of the peoples and civilizations behind these places. (WLD223, $39.95)

A Sacred Landscape, The Search for Ancient Peru

by Hugh Thomson

HISTORY
2008
PAPER
330 PAGES

Hugh Thomson travels all over Peru with his archaeologist pals, visiting Moche, Chavin, Nasca and other ancient sites in this thrilling account of adventure. His tale is bracketed by an account of his discoveries with Gary Ziegler at Llactapata, a newly excavated observatory barely two miles from Machu Picchu, and essentially lost since Bingham happened upon the place in 1912. He concludes with wise words by John Hemming, "Anyone can find a ruin in the jungle; but it can take a lifetime to understand what you have found." (PRU76, $16.95)

Stone Offerings

by Mike Torrey

ART & ARCHITECTURE
2009
HARD COVER
143 PAGES

Torrey captures the dramatic setting, solitude and intricate construction of the site in 100 striking color photographs, taken over a few days at summer and winter solstice. (AND76, $40.00)

Monuments of the Incas

by John Hemming

ARCHAEOLOGY
2010
HARD COVER
288 PAGES

John Hemming (Conquest of the Incas) brings the story of the Inca up to date in this revised edition of his classic photoographic overview, featuring Edward Ranney's exquisitely detailed, large format black-and-white photographs of Inca sites from Ingapirca to Incallacta. (AND73, $45.00)

Conquest of the Incas

by John Hemming

HISTORY
1970
PAPER
641 PAGES

This classic prize-winning history of the Inca struggle against the Spanish invasion brings together wide-ranging scholarly material in the interests of telling a good story. (AND04, $25.00)

Lost City, The Discovery of Machu Picchu

by Ted Lewin

EXPLORATION
2003
HARD COVER
48 PAGES
MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Caldecott-winning author Ted Lewin traveled in the footsteps of the 1911 explorer for this captivating tale of Hiram Bingham and the discovery of Machu Picchu, geared for ages 9-12. With detailed watercolor illustrations of Cuzco, the Urubamba Valley and Machu Picchu, it will appeal to the whole family. (PRU51, $17.99)

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