Lost City of the Incas

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book non-fiction book

Lost City of the Incas is a 1948 book by explorer Hiram Bingham III recounting his discovery and exploration of the ancient Incan site of Machu Picchu in Peru.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Inca Land	1
Lost City of the Incas canonical	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ
about	archaeological methods used at Machu Picchu ⓘ discovery of Machu Picchu by Hiram Bingham III ⓘ interpretation of Inca ruins ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	National Geographic Society ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
author	Hiram Bingham ⓘ surface form: Hiram Bingham III
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describesEvent	Hiram Bingham III’s 1911 expedition to Machu Picchu ⓘ exploration of the Urubamba Valley ⓘ
documents	conditions of local Quechua communities ⓘ removal of artifacts from Machu Picchu ⓘ
genre	exploration narrative ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasFormat	print ⓘ
hasPart	historical commentary ⓘ maps ⓘ photographic illustrations ⓘ
hasPerspective	first-person account ⓘ
hasReputation	classic account of Machu Picchu’s modern discovery ⓘ
historicalContext	Yale University–sponsored expeditions ⓘ
influenced	popularization of Machu Picchu as a tourist destination ⓘ public perception of Hiram Bingham III as discoverer of Machu Picchu ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Inca Empire ⓘ surface form: Inca civilization Machu Picchu ⓘ archaeological exploration ⓘ
narrativeStyle	adventure narrative ⓘ memoir ⓘ
publicationYear	1948 ⓘ
publisher	Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
relatedWork	Across South America ⓘ Lost City of the Incas self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Inca Land
setInLocation	Machu Picchu ⓘ Peru ⓘ
subjectOf	historical reassessment of Bingham’s role at Machu Picchu ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	Inca Empire ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
usedAsSourceFor	biographies of Hiram Bingham III ⓘ historical studies of Machu Picchu ⓘ

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Hiram Bingham → notableWork → Lost City of the Incas ⓘ

subject surface form: Hiram Bingham III

Lost City of the Incas → relatedWork → Lost City of the Incas self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inca Land