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Title:
The last days of the Incas / Kim MacQuarrie.
Author:
MacQuarrie, Kim.
Publication Information:
New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2008.
Call Number:
F3442 .M33 2008
Abstract:
Documents the epic conquest of the Inca Empire as well as the decades-long insurgency waged by the Incas against the Conquistadors, in a narrative history that is partially drawn from the storytelling traditions of the Peruvian Amazon Yora people.
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster trade pbk ed.
ISBN:
9780743260503
Physical Description:
xv, 522 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Contents:
The discovery -- A few hundred well-armed entrepreneurs -- Supernova of the Andes -- When empires collide -- A roomful of gold -- Requiem for a king -- The puppet king -- Prelude to a rebellion -- The great rebellion -- Death in the Andes -- The return of the one-eyed conqueror -- In the realm of the Antis -- Vilcabamba : guerrilla capital of the world -- The last of the Pizarros -- The Incas' last stand -- The search for the "lost city" of the Incas -- Vilcabamba rediscovered -- Machu Picchu, Vilcabamba, and the search for the lost cities of the Andes.
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