20 Fun Facts about Machu Picchu
Title | 20 Fun Facts about Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Janey Levy |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2013-12-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1482404532 |
Provides information about Machu Picchu, including such facts as the lack of an Incan writing system and that the whole structure was built without mortar.
20 Things You Didn't Know about Machu Picchu
Title | 20 Things You Didn't Know about Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Eleanor Bradshaw |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2024-07-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781499445329 |
The ancient wonder of Machu Picchu was a well-kept secret for hundreds of years. Hidden in clouds high in the Andes Mountains, the Incan royal palace still inspires awe centuries after it was built. But you don't have to visit Machu Picchu to be drawn in by its clever construction and mysterious history. Through full-color photographs and labeled diagrams, this book introduces young readers to this remarkable world heritage site. With 20 enlightening facts throughout the book, readers can explore Machu Picchu from a variety of angles and begin to understand its compelling story.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Title | Turn Right at Machu Picchu PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Adams |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 429 |
Release | 2011-06-30 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1101535407 |
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu? In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and “discovered” Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer’s perilous path in search of the truth—except he’d written about adventure far more than he’d actually lived it. In fact, he’d never even slept in a tent. Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams’ fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world’s most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu?
20 Fun Facts about the Colosseum
Title | 20 Fun Facts about the Colosseum PDF eBook |
Author | Drew Nelson |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2013-12-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 148240463X |
Discusses twenty interesting facts about the history of the Colosseum.
20 Fun Facts about the Great Pyramid
Title | 20 Fun Facts about the Great Pyramid PDF eBook |
Author | Kristen Rajczak Nelson |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2013-12-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1482404680 |
Discusses interesting facts about the history of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.
20 Fun Facts about the Great Wall of China
Title | 20 Fun Facts about the Great Wall of China PDF eBook |
Author | Therese Shea |
Publisher | The Rosen Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2013-12-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1482404737 |
Presents facts, photographs and information on the Great Wall of China.
Lost City of the Incas
Title | Lost City of the Incas PDF eBook |
Author | Hiram Bingham |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2010-12-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0297865331 |
First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. 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 perched on a cloud-capped ledge 2000 feet above the torrent of the Urubamba River. The buildings were of white granite, exquisitely carved blocks each higher than a man. Bingham had not, as it turned out, found Vilcabamba, but he had nevertheless made an astonishing and memorable discovery, which he describes in his bestselling book LOST CITY OF THE INCAS.