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| Author: | Jane Holligan de Diaz-Limca |
| Publisher: | Latin America Bureau |
| Catalogue number: | 68774 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Covering the geography, history, economy, sociology and culture in clear well researched chapters, this informative book also descibes must see landmarks and historical sites as well as the author's...
The Cities of the Ancient Andes
| Author: | Adriana Von Hagen |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson |
| Catalogue number: | 70929 |
| Availability: | Special order: usually dispatched within 10 days |
How do we know anything about the people who preceded the Incas? Discussions of topics as varied as acoustics at Chavín de Huántar, the Nazca lines, the iconography of the Moche Sacrifice Ceremony and...
The Incas: Empire of Blood and Gold
| Author: | Carmen Bernand |
| Publisher: | Thames & Hudson |
| Catalogue number: | 37288 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
When Francisco Pizarro disembarked in Peru in 1532 he found a vast empire seemingly overflowing with gold and silver. Ruled by monarchs claiming direct descent from the sun itself, its inhabitants built...
The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics
| Author: | Orin Starn |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press |
| Catalogue number: | 142544 |
| Availability: | In stock: usually dispatched within 48 hours |
Unparalleled in scope, "The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics" covers Peru's history from its extraordinary pre-Columbian civilizations to its citizens' twenty-first century struggles to achieve...
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