Author: Richard W. Keatinge
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: inca, society, pre, overview, prehistory, peruvian
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1988-03-25
List price: $55.99
ISBN-10: 0521275555
ISBN-13: 9780521275552
Offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the cultural evolution of Peru from the appearance of the first inhabitants around 10,000 BC to the arrival of the Spanish in 1534. The book is divided chronologically into three main parts that examine in turn the highland and lowland zones in the Preceramic and Initial periods; the development of complex sociey at Chavín, Tiwanaku and Huari and in the Moche and Nazca cultures; and the culmination of this process. the pan-Andean empire of the Incas. A fourth, concluding section deals with the often neglected tropical forest region of Peru and
Author: Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
Publisher: Linkgua ediciones
Keywords: spanish, inca, del, florida
Number of Pages: 524
Published: 2009-01-01
List price: $28.95
ISBN-10: 8498166462
ISBN-13: 9788498166460
La Florida del Inca relata las aventuras de los expedicionarios españoles en sus incursiones en la península de la Florida en Norteamérica.
Authors:Ben Box, Stephen Frankham,
Publisher: Footprint Handbooks
Keywords: inca, footprint, cusco, trail, amp
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-02
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 190347180X
ISBN-13: 9781903471807
A fascinating city in its own right, Cusco enjoys the privilege of having many of the Peru’s top attractions virtually on its doorstep. A short bus trip away are beautiful valleys and Andean towns, while one of the most spectacular sites in all the Americas, Machu Picchu, is easily accessible by train. However, the best way to approach Machu Picchu is along the Inca Trail. This classic four-day trek along well-preserved Inca paved roads passes through Inca tunnels, over breathtaking passes, and into beautiful stretches of cloud forest. This thoroughly updated and beautifully redesigned g
Authors:Richard Danbury, Alexander Stewart,
Publisher: Trailblazer Publications
Keywords: amp, inca, trek, picchu, includes, trail, cusco, machu, santa, teresa, guide, lima, vilcabamba, city
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1873756860
ISBN-13: 9781873756867
This title includes: historical background on the Incas; plans of all the main archaeological sites and comprehensive guides to Lima, Cusco and Machu Picchu; routes from Cusco to Machu Picchu and hikes in the Urubamba Valley, on walking maps with walking times; points of interest; and details of where to stay and where to eat.
Author: Hiram Bingham
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: land, inca
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-08-18
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 0554327236
ISBN-13: 9780554327235
The following pages represent some of the results of four journeys into the interior of Peru and also many explorations into the labyrinth of early writings which treat of the Incas and their Land.
Author: Bernard Shaw
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Keywords: perusalem, inca
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2004-06-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1419167197
ISBN-13: 9781419167195
THE PRINCESS. Oh no: you mustn’t think I want one. It’s so unpatriotic to want anything now, on account of the war, you know. I sent my maid away as a public duty; and now she has married a soldier and is expecting a war baby. But I don’t know how to do without her. I’ve tried my very best; but somehow it doesn’t answer: everybody cheats me; and in the end it isn’t any saving. So I’ve made up my mind to sell my piano and have a maid.
Author: Catherine Julien
Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
Keywords: history, inca, reading
Number of Pages: 335
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0877457255
ISBN-13: 9780877457251
At the heart of this book is the controversy over whether Inca history can and should be read as history. Did the Incas narrate a true reflection of their past, and did the Spaniards capture these narratives in a way that can be meaningfully reconstructed? In Reading Inca History, Catherine Julien finds that the Incas did indeed create detectable life histories. The two historical genres that contributed most to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish narratives about the Incas were an official account of Inca dynastic genealogy and a series of life histories of Inca rulers. Rath
