Cover of Lost City of the Incas

Lost City of the Incas

The Story of Machu Picchu and Its Builders

by Hiram Bingham

1948 263 pages eng

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 pe…

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