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Livres anciens et modernes

Von Hagen, Victor W.

Highway of the Sun

1955

23,50 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1955
Lieu d'édition
New York. Duell, Sloan and Pearce
Auteur
Von Hagen, Victor W.
Edition
First Edition.
Thème
Travel - South America Peru
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; [xiii], 320 pp, numerous illus, 4 maps, endpaper maps showing Inca roads in red, bibliog, index. original cloth with gilt spine title lettering, bit faded, light stain on endpaper, interior clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Explorations on the ancient roads of the Incas, through Ecuador, Peru and Chile that allowed the Inca Empire to dominate a quarter of South America. The author describes the American Geographical Society's Inca Highway Expedition of eight explorers and archaeologists and numerous assistants, which he lead over a two year period. Good illustrations.