Valverde's gold : in search of the last great Inca treasure /
Honigsbaum, Mark.
Valverde's gold : in search of the last great Inca treasure / Mark Honigsbaum. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. - xii, 348 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index.
The bearded man -- A "trustworthy document" -- The Derrotero -- An unexpected invitation -- "A story to astound the world" -- A literary gold mine -- An invaluable manuscript -- Insight in the gold room -- Conversations with an orchidist -- Audience with a priest -- Where I show Blake's maps to Roland and his opinion thereof -- Where I travel to PiÌllaro and meet the famous Don Segundo -- The ascent of the Mesa TabloÌn and Don Segundo's story about a "red-haired" explorer -- The ranges at last and a decision reached -- Dead ends -- Seville -- "Gold, ghosts and Commander Dyott" -- Roland and Andy Redux -- Oro es trabajo.
0374191700 (hc : alk. paper)
2004001744
Honigsbaum, Mark.
Treasure troves--Ecuador.
Incas--Antiquities.
Ecuador--Description and travel.
F3716 / .H66 2004
986.6
Valverde's gold : in search of the last great Inca treasure / Mark Honigsbaum. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. - xii, 348 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index.
The bearded man -- A "trustworthy document" -- The Derrotero -- An unexpected invitation -- "A story to astound the world" -- A literary gold mine -- An invaluable manuscript -- Insight in the gold room -- Conversations with an orchidist -- Audience with a priest -- Where I show Blake's maps to Roland and his opinion thereof -- Where I travel to PiÌllaro and meet the famous Don Segundo -- The ascent of the Mesa TabloÌn and Don Segundo's story about a "red-haired" explorer -- The ranges at last and a decision reached -- Dead ends -- Seville -- "Gold, ghosts and Commander Dyott" -- Roland and Andy Redux -- Oro es trabajo.
0374191700 (hc : alk. paper)
2004001744
Honigsbaum, Mark.
Treasure troves--Ecuador.
Incas--Antiquities.
Ecuador--Description and travel.
F3716 / .H66 2004
986.6