Turn Right at Machu Picchu Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time |
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| Author:
| Adams, Mark |
| ISBN: | 978-0-525-95224-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Dutton |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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Mark Adams has spent his career editing adventure and travel magazines, polishing hair-raising tales about the exploits of famous explorers. So his plan to investigate the allegations against Bingham by retracing the explorer's perilous path to Machu Picchu isn't completely far-fetched, even if it does require him to sleep in a tent for the first time. Along the way he finds a still-undiscovered country populated with brilliant and eccentric characters, as well as an answer to the...
More DescriptionMark Adams has spent his career editing adventure and travel magazines, polishing hair-raising tales about the exploits of famous explorers. So his plan to investigate the allegations against Bingham by retracing the explorer's perilous path to Machu Picchu isn't completely far-fetched, even if it does require him to sleep in a tent for the first time. Along the way he finds a still-undiscovered country populated with brilliant and eccentric characters, as well as an answer to the question that has nagged scientists for generations: just what was Machu Picchu?