Heaney, Christopher.
Cradle of gold : the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu / Christopher Heaney. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xiv, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index.
Library Journal, February 2010 Library Journal
Relates the story of American explorer and Yale historian Hiram Bingham's discovery of Machu Picchu in 1911, with the help of a young Peruvian boy, and discusses how his determination to bring skulls, bones, and artifacts from the Inca estate back to the United States set the stage for a conflict between Yale and Peru that continues into the twenty-first century.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780230611696 (trade) 0230611699
2009038535
Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956.
Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956.
Latin Americanists--United States--Biography.
Incas--Antiquities.
Cultural property--Peru.
Incas--History.
Latin Americanists--Biography.
Incas--Antiquities.
Cultural property--Peru.
Incas--History.
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru--History.
F3429.B633 / H42 2010
974.6/04/092 B
Cradle of gold : the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu / Christopher Heaney. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xiv, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index.
Library Journal, February 2010 Library Journal
Relates the story of American explorer and Yale historian Hiram Bingham's discovery of Machu Picchu in 1911, with the help of a young Peruvian boy, and discusses how his determination to bring skulls, bones, and artifacts from the Inca estate back to the United States set the stage for a conflict between Yale and Peru that continues into the twenty-first century.
Adult Follett Library Resources Adult
9780230611696 (trade) 0230611699
2009038535
Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956.
Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956.
Latin Americanists--United States--Biography.
Incas--Antiquities.
Cultural property--Peru.
Incas--History.
Latin Americanists--Biography.
Incas--Antiquities.
Cultural property--Peru.
Incas--History.
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru--History--Conquest, 1522-1548.
Machu Picchu Site (Peru)
Peru--History.
F3429.B633 / H42 2010
974.6/04/092 B