An edition of Valverde's gold (2004)

Valverde's gold

in search of the last great Inca treasure

1st American ed.
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An edition of Valverde's gold (2004)

Valverde's gold

in search of the last great Inca treasure

1st American ed.
  • 1 Want to read

The author delves into a legend of lost Inca treasure, revisiting the notes of a botanist who was reported to have found the cache of gold and then lost it, and then mounting an expedition to Ecuador himself in search of the treasure.

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English
Pages
348

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Valverde's gold: in search of the last great Inca treasure
2004, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Valverde's gold
Valverde's gold: in search of the last great Inca treasure
2004, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st American ed.

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Table of Contents

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 Píllaro and meet the famous Don Segundo
The ascent of the Mesa Tablón 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
986.6
Library of Congress
F3716 .H66 2004, F3716.H66 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 348 p. :
Number of pages
348

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24722864M
Internet Archive
valverdesgoldins00honi
ISBN 10
0374191700
ISBN 13
9780374191702
LCCN
2004001744
OCLC/WorldCat
54356528
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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