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| Author: | Hiram Bingham |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
| Catalogue number: | 114188 |
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First published in the 1950s, “The Lost City of the Incas” by Hiram Bingham is the amazing account of the impressive discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu. Re-published now with an introduction...
| Author: | Joe Simpson |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Catalogue number: | 67202 |
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In Touching the Void, Joe Simpson recounts his classic account of his ascent of the 21,000ft Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes with his climbing partner Simon Yates. After reaching the summit...
| Author: | Dervla Murphy |
| Publisher: | John Murray |
| Catalogue number: | 120556 |
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The eight feet belong to Dervla Murphy, her nine-year-old daughter Rachel, and Juana, an elegant mule, who together clambered the length of Peru, from Cajamarca near the border with Ecuador, to Cuzco...
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