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Cradle of gold : the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu / Christopher Heaney.
LIBRA F3429.B633 H42 2010
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Penn Museum Library F3429.B633 H42 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heaney, Christopher.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956.
- Bingham, Hiram.
- Latin Americanists--United States--Biography.
- Latin Americanists.
- Cultural property.
- Machu Picchu Site (Peru).
- Incas--Antiquities.
- Incas.
- Cultural property--Peru.
- Incas--History.
- History.
- Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.
- Peru.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2010]
- Summary:
- "In 1911, a young Peruvian boy led an American explorer and Yale historian named Hiram Bingham into the ancient Incan citadel of Machu Picchu. Hidden amidst the breathtaking heights of the Andes, this settlement of temples, tombs and palaces was the Incas' greatest achievement. Tall, handsome, and sure of his destiny, Bingham believed that Machu Picchu was the Incas' final refuge, where they fled the Spanish Conquistadors. Bingham made Machu Picchu famous, and his dispatches from the jungle cast him as the swashbuckling hero romanticized today as a true Indiana Jones-like character. But his excavation of the site raised old specters of conquest and plunder, and met with an indigenous nationalism that changed the course of Peruvian history. Though Bingham successfully realized his dream of bringing Machu Picchu's treasure of skulls, bones and artifacts back to the United States, conflict between Yale and Peru persists through the present day over a simple question: Who owns Inca history? In this grand, sweeping narrative, Christopher Heaney takes the reader into the heart of Peru's past to relive the dramatic story of the final years of the Incan empire, the exhilarating recovery of their final cities and the thought-provoking fight over their future. Drawing on original research in untapped archives, Heaney vividly portrays both a stunning landscape and the complex history of a fascinating region that continues to inspire awe and controversy today"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780230611696
- 0230611699
- OCLC:
- 226357184
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