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Book Synopsis Valverde's Gold by : Mark Honigsbaum
Download or read book Valverde's Gold written by Mark Honigsbaum and published by Picador. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mark Honigsbaum discovers an ancient Spanish treasure guide buried in his research notebooks, he cannot help but be drawn into the legend of Valverde, a conquistador with a treasure trail that has proven fatal for the past 400 years. Undeterred by the cursed history of the gold, Honigsbaum embarks on an epic journey into the last uncharted range in the Andes--the Llanganati Mountains of eastern Ecuador. This is the story of how the lure of gold intoxicates even the most level-headed of historians, and of how men--and women--are seized with the desire to claim treasure from one of the most inhospitable landscapes in the world. Honigsbaum battles through mountains, jungles, and conflicting stories, and, as he draws closer to the hidden cache, illuminates the allure of lost gold and the hold it has on our imagination.
Book Synopsis Valverde's Gold by : Mark Honigsbaum
Download or read book Valverde's Gold written by Mark Honigsbaum and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how gold can intoxicate even the most mild mannered of historians, about how characters - both real and fictional - become seized with the desire to claim lost treasure from even the most inhospitable areas of the world.
Book Synopsis Valverde's Gold by : Mark Honigsbaum
Download or read book Valverde's Gold written by Mark Honigsbaum and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deliciously detailed and dense, as satisfying as any mystery. . . spellbinding' As a ransom for his King, a Incan general leaves a hoard of gold for the Spanish Conquistador Pizzaro. In mysterious circumstances the gold disappeared leaving only its legend, and a map, behind. In Valverde's Gold Mark Honigsbaum attempts to unravel a myth that has obsessed men for centuries and has led to many fruitless and fatal treasure hunts. Undeterred by this, and armed with a Victorian botanist's map, Honigsbaum embarks on an epic journey into the dark heart of South America. This is the story of how gold can intoxicate even the most mild mannered of historians, about how characters - both real and fictional - become seized with the desire to claim lost treasure from even the most inhospitable areas of the world. On his quest he meets a bizarre array of treasure hunters, profiteers and traffickers, all with an unquenchable thirst for the hoard that has eluded man for centuries. Battling through the mountains and jungles, Mark Honigsbaum brings us closer to understanding the allure of the treasure hunt, as he gets closer to the hidden gold. Rich in description, atmosphere and adventure, Valverde's Gold is an unforgettable journey into greed, obsession and legend, and a must for anyone who has dreamed of being Indiana Jones.
Book Synopsis Valverde's Gold by : Mark Honigsbaum
Download or read book Valverde's Gold written by Mark Honigsbaum and published by Pan. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a ransom for his King, an Incan general leaves a hoard of gold for the Spanish Conquistador Pizzaro. In mysterious circumstances the gold disappears - leaving only its legend, and a map, behind. Armed with a Victorian botanist's map, Mark Honigsbaum embarks on an epic journey into the dark heart of South America. This is the story of how gold can intoxicate even the most mild-mannered of historians, about how characters - both real and fictional - become seized with the desire to claim lost treasure from even the most inhospitable areas of the world. On his quest he meets a bizarre array of treasure hunters, profiteers and traffickers, all with an unquenchable thirst for the hoard that has eluded man for centuries. Valverde's Gold is an unforgettable journey into greed, obsession and legend.
Download or read book Bloody Valverde written by John Taylor and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete account of the largest battle in New Mexico, and a turning point in the Civil War in the West.
Book Synopsis Lost Treasure of the Inca by : Peter Lourie
Download or read book Lost Treasure of the Inca written by Peter Lourie and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicle of an expedition into the Llanganati Mountains of Ecuador in search of 750 tons of worked gold, which the Incas hid from the Spanish conquistadors after Pizarro executed the Sun King, Atahualpa.
Book Synopsis Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes by : William H. Beezley
Download or read book Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes written by William H. Beezley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delight in the cultural aspects of Latin America by observing the objects that give life to history Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodesprovides readers with an eclectic and fascinating exploration of Latin American history through the examination of physical objects. Distinguished author and Professor William H. Beezley takes readers on a journey that includes objects used music and visual media, such as movies, documentaries, and television. Forming an integral part of the history they represent, the objects described in this book tell the tale of the little known or neglected part of Latin American history. While most historical authors and researchers focus on the political and economic life of Latin America, this author uses the objects he highlights to explain and illuminate the daily lives of the Latin American peoples and the legacies that they share. Forming an essential part of a comprehensive understanding of Latin American history, the book includes discussions and explorations of: How objects have transformed and shaped the cultures of Latin America over the years Unusual and interesting objects serendipitously discovered by a variety of researchers and historians Ten chapters, each beginning with an object acting as a synecdoche or metonym that introduces a discussion of Latin American historical life The significance of the objects to particular religious practices, musical traditions, or schools of visual media, such as folk art, film or television Perfect for anyone interested in Latin American life beyond politics and economics, Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodes belongs on the bookshelves of everyone with a curiosity about culture in Latin America as it’s revealed through physical objects.
Book Synopsis Viola; Heiress of St. Valverde by : Mrs. Botsford (Margaret)
Download or read book Viola; Heiress of St. Valverde written by Mrs. Botsford (Margaret) and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Valverde's Gold written by Richard Spruce and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of obscure historical papers and correspondence concerning Ecuador, The Llanganati Mountains, Inca Treasure and the "Derrotero de Valverde" presented to The Royal Geographical Society around the turn of the century! These papers tell an intriguing and timeless tale that begat many! "On the Mountains of Llanganati, in the Eastern Cordillera of the Quitonian Andes" by Richard Spruce "Travels in Ecuador" by Jordan Stabler "The Inca Treasure of Llanganati" by E.C. Brooks Over the past century numerous explorers have conducted countless expeditions into the Llanganati Mountains of Ecuador utilizing Spruce's paper as the basis for their quest of hidden Inca gold. Many of these explorers, including the world renowned Llanganati expert Eugen K. Brunner, conducted their quests oblivious to the entirety of Spruce's paper, of which only a portion had been published in his work "Notes Of A Botanist on the Amazon & Andes." Without access to Spruce's entire paper and the works of Stabler and Brooks, many years of explorations were in vain. Now, all three works can be read together relating an intriguing tale of many genres!
Book Synopsis Viola; Heiress of St. Valverde. An Original Romance. [In Verse.] To which is Annexed a Variety of Original Poetical Pieces ... Second Edition by : Margaret BOTSFORD
Download or read book Viola; Heiress of St. Valverde. An Original Romance. [In Verse.] To which is Annexed a Variety of Original Poetical Pieces ... Second Edition written by Margaret BOTSFORD and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tayos Gold written by Stan Hall and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-08-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976, Scottish engineer Stan Hall organized a landmark expedition to the caves of the Tayos Indians in Ecuador, involving a dozen institutions, joint Special Forces and astronaut professor Neil Armstrong as Honorary President and participant. Hall was driven by curiosity about Erich von Däniken's report of a Metal Library allegedly found in the caves by investigator Juan Moricz in the mid-1960s (published in von Däniken's 1972 blockbuster Gold of the Gods). The story was considered unacceptable within an orthodox view of global history, especially in the absence of any ancient written script in South America. On this expedition, Hall began a personal odyssey into the heart of global enigmas: the origins of mankind, Atlantis, Ptolemy's lost city of Cattigara, and the sudden rise and fall of wonder civilizations... a journey that ended with his identification of Atlantis and Cattigara, and the entrance to the Metal Library along the Pastaza River in Ecuador. Chapters include: Juan Moricz-Magyar Extraordinary; Egyptian Tablets of the Mormons; Ecuador: Cradle of Civilization; The Triangle of the Shell, Tunnels Below the Andes; Discovery in the Caves; Neil Armstrong: Second Small Step; Into the Tayos Caves; Treasure of the Incas; Explorers Percy Fawcett and George M. Dyott; Valverde’s Treasure; Tayos Treasure: Analysis and Location; more.
Download or read book The Golden Empire written by Hugh Thomas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a master chronicler of Spanish history comes a magnificent work about the pivotal years from 1522 to 1566, when Spain was the greatest European power. Hugh Thomas has written a rich and riveting narrative of exploration, progress, and plunder. At its center is the unforgettable ruler who fought the French and expanded the Spanish empire, and the bold conquistadors who were his agents. Thomas brings to life King Charles V—first as a gangly and easygoing youth, then as a liberal statesman who exceeded all his predecessors in his ambitions for conquest (while making sure to maintain the humanity of his new subjects in the Americas), and finally as a besieged Catholic leader obsessed with Protestant heresy and interested only in profiting from those he presided over. The Golden Empire also presents the legendary men whom King Charles V sent on perilous and unprecedented expeditions: Hernán Cortés, who ruled the “New Spain” of Mexico as an absolute monarch—and whose rebuilding of its capital, Tenochtitlan, was Spain’s greatest achievement in the sixteenth century; Francisco Pizarro, who set out with fewer than two hundred men for Peru, infamously executed the last independent Inca ruler, Atahualpa, and was finally murdered amid intrigue; and Hernando de Soto, whose glittering journey to settle land between Rio de la Palmas in Mexico and the southernmost keys of Florida ended in disappointment and death. Hugh Thomas reveals as never before their torturous journeys through jungles, their brutal sea voyages amid appalling storms and pirate attacks, and how a cash-hungry Charles backed them with loans—and bribes—obtained from his German banking friends. A sweeping, compulsively readable saga of kings and conquests, armies and armadas, dominance and power, The Golden Empire is a crowning achievement of the Spanish world’s foremost historian.
Book Synopsis Lust for Inca Gold by : Steven J. Charbonneau
Download or read book Lust for Inca Gold written by Steven J. Charbonneau and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-11 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lust for Inca Gold will be your personal expedition into the mysterious Mountains of Llanganati. Through first hand accounts relive the history traveling with the conquistadores and latter day expeditions in search of Atahualpa's treasure. Share in the discoveries of the intrepid explorers of the region; Richard Spruce, Jordan Stabler, Colonel E.C. Brooks, Captain E. E. Loch, Commander G. M. Dyott and Eugene Brunner, who have gone before you. Attain a visual image of the conditions, hardships, deprivations, successes and failures these men and others faced on their expeditions into the Llanganatis of Ecuador. Numerous original maps and illustrations will provide a means to trace the explorers expedition routes as you travel with them into the unknown. Witness the insatiable quest for knowledge concerning the solution to the riddle of 750 tons of Inca gold hidden deep in the Llanganatis by Ruminahui, the thrill of discovering the unknown, that drove the personal quests of these men, or in some cases . . . their "Lust For Inca Gold." Going well beyond historical background and what has been written previously, this invaluable resource fills an information gap, relating new or little-known information and portions of the story that have never been told, while clarifying what has been! A very interesting, intriguing story, that also exposes the military and political conditions and events in Ecuador during the country's transition from military to civilian rule, including the government's role in the attempted recovery of 750 tons of Inca gold! An expanded second edition "LUST FOR INCA GOLD: Second Edition, ISBN 13:978-1480049253" has been released with a SRP of $29.95. The second edition contains the same information and much more! However, due to demand this First Edition is still available.
Book Synopsis Lust for Inca Gold by : Steven J. Charbonneau
Download or read book Lust for Inca Gold written by Steven J. Charbonneau and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-03-16 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LUST FOR INCA GOLD is a masterful blend of history, biography, legend and storytelling, providing a definitive account of the Llanganati Treasure Story. The narrative is related through firsthand accounts of the Spanish Conquistadores and famous explorers of the region; Richard Spruce, Captain Blacke, Jordan Stabler, Colonel Brooks, Captain Loch, Commander Dyott, Luciano Andrade, Rolf Blomberg and Eugene Brunner. New evidence is disclosed and misinformation, misdirection, myths and theories are corrected or dispelled. Exclusive facts, details and maps from world renowned treasure expert Brunner are liberally dispersed throughout this you-are-there narrative! Through historical documents and firsthand accounts relive history traveling with the conquistadores and latter day expeditions in search of Atahualpa's treasure. Share in the discoveries of the intrepid explorers of the region who have gone before you. Attain a visual image of the conditions, hardships, deprivations, successes and failures these men faced on their expeditions into the Llanganatis. Numerous original documents, maps and illustrations from Spruce, Blacke, Stabler, Brooks, Loch, Dyott and Brunner will provide a means to trace expedition routes as you travel with the explorers into the unknown. Witness the insatiable quest for knowledge and the thrill of discovering the unknown that drove the personal quests of these men, or in some cases . . . their lust for Inca gold!Going well beyond historical background and what has been written previously, this invaluable resource fills an information gap, relating new or little-known information and portions of the story that have never been told, while clarifying what has been! A very interesting, intriguing story, which also exposes the military and political conditions and events in Ecuador during the country's transition from military to civilian rule, including the government's role in the attempted recovery of 750 tons of Inca gold!Since releasing LUST FOR INCA GOLD new information has come to light clarifying aspects of the story and answering some of the questions raised within the book's first edition. Numerous sources with personal connections to the story have helped fill in some of its gaps and exposed intriguing new twists, providing over a hundred pages of exciting new material! New events and characters are introduced concerning a central character's personal life, his European past in Nazi Germany and espionage activities in Ecuador during World War II, post war and into the Cold War, providing a unique insight into events, the man and his paranoias'!This genre busting tale has something for everyone . . . nonfiction, history (Spanish, British, Ecuadorian, and American), botany, biography, autobiography, memoirs, politics, military, murder, mystery, espionage, adventure, exploration, discovery, travel, romance, folklore and treasure lore! Discover how a Nazi war criminal, an armed leftist guerrilla group and its leader, Generals, Ministers, Presidents and others all meld into a narrative about Inca gold! Sit back, get comfortable, and let your adventure begin . . . allow LUST FOR INCA GOLD to be your personal expedition into the mysterious Mountains of Llanganati to discover a certain "hidden cave" and “lake made by hand!”“FANTASTIC!I started reading yesterday afternoon and before I knew it, it was 3 AM! The type and illustration adjustments along with the new look is more usable, very professional. Your masterful touch of blending all of the new information together in the second edition expands the scope and depth of the story and reveals mind blowing information that no one would have ever expected. People who thought they knew this story inside and out will be shocked to learn the truth of what really happened. I'm thankful we were able to live to tell the story . . . we both could have ended up in unmarked shallow graves somewhere in the jungle!” . . . Review excerpt from the “handler.”
Book Synopsis Report of the Secretary of the Territory, 1903-1904, and Legislative Manual, 1905 by : New Mexico. Office of the Secretary of State
Download or read book Report of the Secretary of the Territory, 1903-1904, and Legislative Manual, 1905 written by New Mexico. Office of the Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Gold Eaters written by Ronald Wright and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Utterly irresistible…The Gold Eaters is truly the gold standard to which all fiction — historical and otherwise — should aspire.” — Buzzfeed A sweeping, epic historical novel of exploration and invasion, of conquest and resistance, and of an enduring love that must overcome the destruction of one empire by another. Kidnapped at sea by conquistadors seeking the golden land of Peru, a young Inca boy named Waman is the everyman thrown into extraordinary circumstances. Forced to become Francisco Pizarro's translator, he finds himself caught up in one of history's great clashes of civilzations, the Spanish invasion of the Incan Empire of the 1530s. To survive, he must not only learn political gamesmanship but also discover who he truly is, and in what country and culture he belongs. Only then can he be reunited with the love of his life and begin the search for his shattered family, journeying through a land and a time vividly depicted here. Based closely on real historical events, The Gold Eaters draws on Ronald Wright’s imaginative skill as a novelist and his deep knowledge of South America to bring alive an epic struggle that laid the foundations of the modern world.
Book Synopsis Territory of New Mexico by : New Mexico (Territory). Secretary's Office
Download or read book Territory of New Mexico written by New Mexico (Territory). Secretary's Office and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: