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The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland
Hugh Thomson
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Description for The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland
Paperback. One man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland. Num Pages: 416 pages, 16, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; HBJK; HBLC; HDD; RGR; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 392.
One man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland. The lost cities of South America have always exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination. The ruins of the Incas and other pre-Colombian civilisations are scattered over thousands of miles of still largely uncharted territory, particularly in the Eastern Andes, where the mountains fall away towards the Amazon. Twenty-five years ago, Hugh Thomson set off into the cloud-forest on foot to find a ruin that had been carelessly lost again after its initial discovery. ... Read more
One man goes in search of the lost cities of the Amazon in the Inca heartland. The lost cities of South America have always exercised a powerful hold on the popular imagination. The ruins of the Incas and other pre-Colombian civilisations are scattered over thousands of miles of still largely uncharted territory, particularly in the Eastern Andes, where the mountains fall away towards the Amazon. Twenty-five years ago, Hugh Thomson set off into the cloud-forest on foot to find a ruin that had been carelessly lost again after its initial discovery. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753813584
SKU
V9780753813584
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About Hugh Thomson
Hugh Thomson has led many research expeditions to Peru, about which he has written an acclaimed series of books: THE WHITE ROCK, and its sequel, COCHINEAL RED. TEQUILA OIL saw him return to South America after 30 years and was serialised by BBC Radio 4 as their Book of the Week. He has also edited Hiram Bingham's classic account of ... Read more
Reviews for The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland
'I'll look forward to all his future stories if they're even half as well told, as vivid and funny and human, as this one.'
Alan Peter Ryan
WASHINGTON POST
The White Rock is a gem of a book, an intelligent, balanced and indeed original look at the empire of the Incas
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Thomson's ... Read more
Alan Peter Ryan
WASHINGTON POST
The White Rock is a gem of a book, an intelligent, balanced and indeed original look at the empire of the Incas
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Thomson's ... Read more