Cradle of gold : the story of Hiram Bingham, a real-life Indiana Jones, and the search for Machu Picchu / Christopher Heaney.
Por: Heaney, Christopher.
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LibroEditor: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Descripción: xiv, 285 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780230611696 (trade); 0230611699.Tema(s): Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956 | Latin Americanists -- United States -- Biography | Machu Picchu Site (Peru) | Incas -- Antiquities | Cultural property -- Peru | Incas -- History | Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548 | Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956 | Latin Americanists -- Biography | Machu Picchu Site (Peru) | Incas -- Antiquities | Cultural property -- Peru | Incas -- History | Peru -- HistoryClasificación CDD: 974.6/04/092 | B Resumen: 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.
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Library Journal, February 2010
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-275) and index.
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