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MORE THAN twenty years ago, acclaimed documentary filmmaker and explorer Hugh Thomson first set off into the Peruvian cloud forest, to find an Inca ruin called Llactapata which, although it had been discovered by Hiram Bingham in 1912, had been "lost" again. This was his introduction to the curious and confusing world of Inca archaeology and, as with many famous explorers before him, he found himself quickly addicted to the heady drug of discovery and the realization that what matters is not just finding a ruin--it is understanding what that ruin means. In his subsequent travels, Thomson visited many more remote lost cities along the interconnecting paths the Incas laid across the Andes, talked to archaeologists and explorers working in the area, and investigated the remains of the remarkable civilization that the Incas left behind. The result of his discoveries and research is "The White Rock, an engaging history of the Inca people and their heartland, which vividly resurrects the Inca culture and gives a true flavor of their strange and sometimes hostile world. Thomson weaves the story of his own discoveries and brushes with danger into a narrative that seamlessly relates the accounts of the famous explorers who preceded him--including Hiram Bingham, who discovered Machu Picchu. As the "Independent said, "In "The White Rock, the whole continent becomes a plot with suspense and a cast of outrageous characters. This is Bruce Chatwin with cojones."

Parametry knihy

• Plný název: The White Rock: An Exploration of the Inca Heartland
• Autor: Hugh Thomson
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 316
• EAN: 9781585673551
• ISBN: 1585673552
• ID: 12326938
• Nakladatelství: Overlook
• Hmotnost: 671 g
• Rozměry: 237 × 161 × 32 mm
• Datum vydání: January 2003

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