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Machu Picchu [1] and its vicinity, they will
eventually find much of what cannot be told here.
Sincere and grateful thanks are due also to Mr. Edward S. Harkness for
offering generous assistance when aid was most difficult to secure; to
Mr. Gilbert Grosvenor and the National Geographic Society for liberal
and enthusiastic support; to President Taft of the United States and
President Leguia of Peru for official help of a most important nature; to
Messrs. W. R. Grace & Company and to Mr. William L. Morkill and
Mr. L. S. Blaisdell, of the Peruvian Corporation, for cordial and
untiring coöperation; to Don Cesare Lomellini, Don Pedro Duque, and
their sons, and Mr. Frederic B. Johnson, of Yale University, for many
practical kindnesses; to Mrs. Blanche Peberdy Tompkins and Miss
Mary G. Reynolds for invaluable secretarial aid; and last, but by no
means least, to Mrs. Alfred Mitchell for making possible the writing of
this book.
Hiram Bingham
Yale University October 1, 1922

Contents
I. Crossing the Desert 1 II. Climbing Coropuna 23 III. To Parinacochas

50 IV. Flamingo Lake 74 V. Titicaca 95 VI. The Vilcanota Country
and the Peruvian Highlanders 110 VII. The Valley of the Huatanay 133
VIII. The Oldest City in South America 157 IX. The Last Four Incas
170 X. Searching for the Last Inca Capital 198 XI. The Search
Continued 217 XII. The Fortress of Uiticos and the House of the Sun
241 XIII. Vilcabamba 255 XIV. Conservidayoc 266 XV. The Pampa of
Ghosts 292 XVI. The Story of Tampu-tocco, a Lost City of the First
Incas 306 XVII. Machu Picchu 314 XVIII. The Origin of Machu
Picchu 326
Glossary 341 Bibliography of the Peruvian Expeditions of Yale
University and the National Geographic Society 345 Index 353

Illustrations
"Something Hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges"
Frontispiece Sketch Map of Southern Peru 1 Mt. Coropuna from the
Northwest 12 Mt. Coropuna from the South 24 The Base Camp,
Coropuna, at 17,300 Feet 32 Photograph by H. L. Tucker Camping at
18,450 Feet on the Slopes of Coropuna 32 Photograph by H. L. Tucker
One of the Frequent Rests in the Ascent of Coropuna 42 Photograph by
H. L. Tucker The Camp on the Summit 42 Photograph by H. L. Tucker
The Sub-Prefect of Cotahuasi, his Military Aide, and Messrs. Tucker,
Hendriksen, Bowman, and Bingham inspecting the Local Rug-weaving
Industry 60 Photograph by C. Watkins Inca Storehouses at
Chichipampa, near Colta 66 Photograph by H. L. Tucker Flamingoes
on Lake Parinacochas, and Mt. Sarasara 78 Mr. Tucker on a Mountain
Trail near Caraveli 90 The Main Street of Chuquibamba 90 Photograph
by H. L. Tucker A Lake Titicaca Balsa at Puno 98 A Step-topped Niche
on the Island of Koati 98 Indian Alcaldes at Santa Rosa 114 Native
Druggists in the Plaza of Sicuani 114 Laying Down the Warp for a
Blanket; near the Pass of La Raya 120 Plowing a Potato-field at La
Raya 120 The Ruins of the Temple of Viracocha at Racche 128 Route
Map of the Peruvian Expedition of 1912 132 Lucre Basin, Lake Muyna,
and the City Wall of Piquillacta 136 Sacsahuaman: Detail of Lower
Terrace Wall 140 Ruins of the Aqueduct of Rumiccolca 140 Huatanay

Valley, Cuzco, and the Ayahuaycco Quebrada 150 Map of Peru and
View of Cuzco 158 From the "Speculum Orbis Terrarum," Antwerp,
1578 Towers of Jesuit Church with Cloisters and Tennis Court of
University, Cuzco 162 Glaciers Between Cuzco and Uiticos 170 The
Urubamba Canyon: A Reason for the Safety of the Incas in Uilcapampa
176 Yucay, Last Home of Sayri Tupac 186 Part of the Nuremberg Map
of 1599, showing Pincos and the Andes Mountains 198 Route Map of
the Peruvian Expedition of 1915 202 Mt. Veronica and Salapunco, the
Gateway to Uilcapampa 206 Grosvenor Glacier and Mt. Salcantay 210
The Road between Maquina and Mandor Pampa, near Machu Picchu
214 Huadquiña 220 Ruins of Yurak Rumi near Huadquiña 225 Plan
and elevations drawn by A. H. Bumstead Pucyura and the Hill of
Rosaspata in the Vilcabamba Valley 238 Principal Doorway of the
Long Palace at Rosaspata 242 Photograph by E. C. Erdis Another
Doorway in the Ruins of Rosaspata 242 Northeast Face of Yurak Rumi
246 Plan of the Ruins of the Temple of the Sun at Ñusta Isppana 248
Drawn by R. H. Bumstead Carved Seats and Platforms of Ñusta
Isppana 250 Two of the Seven Seats near the Spring under the Great
White Rock 250 Photograph by A. H. Bumstead Ñusta Isppana 256
Quispi Cusi testifying about Inca Ruins 268 Photograph by H. W.
Foote One of our Bearers crossing the Pampaconas River 268
Photograph by H. W. Foote Saavedra and his Inca Pottery 288 Inca
Gable at Espiritu Pampa 288 Inca Ruins in the Jungles of