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Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time

by Mark Adams

A modern journey along an old Andean route

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    New York Times bestselling travel memoir

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A modern journey along an old Andean route

Mark Adams sets out to retrace Hiram Bingham III’s 1911 expedition to Machu Picchu, bringing the perspective of a travel writer who admits he has little experience with adventure travel. The journey through remote landscapes in Peru also becomes an inquiry into Bingham’s contested legacy: what it means to have “discovered” the site, and how credit and artifacts figure in its history. Guided by an Australian survivalist, Adams uses the expedition’s route to pursue a larger question about Machu Picchu itself. The book combines travel memoir with historical investigation, linking the physical challenge of retracing a journey to the unsettled story behind a famous archaeological site.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Travel memoir readers interested in journeys through Peru and the Andes
  • Readers curious about Machu Picchu and the history surrounding Hiram Bingham III
  • Those interested in accounts that combine travel with historical inquiry

Themes

Travel and explorationMachu Picchu’s historyDiscovery, credit, and artifactsAdventure and inexperience

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Book overview

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING TRAVEL MEMOIR

What happens when an unadventurous adventure writer tries to re-create the original expedition to Machu Picchu?

In 1911, Hiram Bingham III climbed into the Andes Mountains of Peru and "discovered" Machu Picchu. While history has recast Bingham as a villain who stole both priceless artifacts and credit for finding the great archeological site, Mark Adams set out to retrace the explorer's perilous path in search of the truth--except he'd written about adventure far more than he'd actually lived it. In fact, he'd never even slept in a tent.

Turn Right at Machu Picchu is Adams' fascinating and funny account of his journey through some of the world's most majestic, historic, and remote landscapes guided only by a hard-as-nails Australian survivalist and one nagging question: Just what was Machu Picchu?
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