the crown of Inca Land.” Mistakenly proclaiming it the last city of the Incas, he helped ensure its fame: today more than a million visitors cram into the soaring mountaintop city every year, making ...

Two things contribute to the charm of this fascinating book: the Inca land with which it deals, and the history of the last times of its rulers. Here we have the most vivid and realistic ...

the crown of Inca Land.” Mistakenly proclaiming it the last city of the Incas, he helped ensure its fame: today more than a million visitors cram into the soaring mountaintop city every year, making ...

The last Sapa Inca to ascend the throne before Spanish contact, Huayna Capac, grandson of famed emperor Pachacuti, survived multiple plots against his rule before guiding the Inca Empire through 30 ...

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He later published Inca Land (1922) and his most famous tome, Lost City of the Incas, which became a bestseller upon its release in 1948 and may have helped inspire the character of Indiana Jones.

"Land of the Four Quarters" or Tahuantinsuyu is the name the Inca gave to their empire. It stretched north to south some 2,500 miles along the high mountainous Andean range from Colombia to Chile ...

"Land of the Four Quarters" or Tahuantinsuyu is the name the Inca gave to their empire. It stretched north to south some 2,500 miles along the high mountainous Andean range from Colombia to Chile ...