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Œuvres de Hiram Bingham

An Explorer in the Air Service (2013) 5 exemplaires
In the wonderland of Peru (1913) 3 exemplaires

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The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places (1991) — Contributeur — 175 exemplaires
The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics (1995) — Contributeur — 133 exemplaires

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Excellent. Part history, part adventure, part anthropological study, all well-written and engaging. The introduction provides helpful context about Hiram Bingham's writing, theories, and discovery.
 
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kparr | 5 autres critiques | Aug 1, 2019 |
Bingham is a good writer, the maps are decent (could provide a bit better detail!), and he does a good job of recapitulating the story of his involvement with Machu Picchu. I just don't get archeologists and their conclusions. The just make shit up whenever they cannot figure something out. I really love his conclusion on the obsidian pebbles....they are tally stones for those bringing alpaca wool to the Chosen Women. Huh? I will never give an archeological book a superior rating, but this was pretty good, nevertheless....… (plus d'informations)
 
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untraveller | 5 autres critiques | Feb 24, 2019 |
FINALLY finished this book! I enjoy reading about early scientific explorations, and Bingham's search for ancient Inca cities that were mentioned in historical documents certainly qualifies. But this guy does NOT know how to tell a story. This book is a jumble of descriptions of historical records, travel preparations, natural history observations, and truly hair-raising travelogues. The difficulty in following the story was compounded by the hideously scanned electronic version from Google's Internet Library. If you want to read this, get your hands on a printed copy.… (plus d'informations)
 
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