Hiram Bingham

Broschiertes Buch

Lost City of the Incas

Beschreibung

First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.

Autor

Hiram Bingham was born in Hawaii in 1875 and educated at Yale. His early expeditions to South America and his discovery of Machu Picchu were just the start of a long and colourful career: he went on to command air force troops in France during the First World War and to become a Senator. He died in 1956. Hugh Thomson, the editor of this edition, is an explorer, travel writer and documentary filmmaker living in Bristol. Hugh Thomson, the editor of this edition, is a travel writer and documentary film maker living in Bristol. His first book, The White Rock, is published by W&N in July 2001.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Orion Publishing Co
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 131mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9781842125854
• ISBN-10: 1842125850
• Artikelnr.: 21108502