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9780312425180

Valverde's Gold In Search of the Last Great Inca Treasure

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312425180

  • ISBN10:

    031242518X

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-10-01
  • Publisher: Picador

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Mark Honigsbaum is a journalist and historian. He lives in London with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

PRELUDE 3(3)
PROLOGUE 6(5)
PART ONE: THE HOOK 11(32)
1. The Bearded Man
13(6)
2. A "Trustworthy Document"
19(13)
3. The Derrotero
32(11)
PART TWO THE TREASURE SEEKERS 43(70)
1. An Unexpected Invitation
45(26)
2. "A Story to Astound the World!"
71(42)
PART THREE: THE LABYRINTH 113(62)
1. A Literary Gold Mine
115(14)
2. An Invaluable Manuscript
129(11)
3. Insight in the Gold Room
140(9)
4. Conversations with an Orchidist
149(10)
5. Audience with a Priest
159(16)
PART FOUR: ZUNCHU-URCU 175(36)
1. Where I Show Blake's Maps to Roland and His Opinion Thereof
177(9)
2. Where I Travel to Pillaro and Meet the Famous Don Segundo
186(8)
3. The Ascent of Mesa Tablón and Don Segundo's Story About a "Red-Haired Explorer"
194(12)
4. The Ranges at Last and a Decision Reached
206(5)
PART FIVE: "THE ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH" 211(58)
1. Dead Ends
213(23)
2. Seville
236(12)
3. "Gold, Ghosts, and Commander Dyott"
248(21)
PART SIX: BEYOND THE RANGES 269(56)
1. Roland and Andy Redux
271(23)
2. Oro Es Trabajo
294(31)
EPILOGUE 325(4)
Appendix 329(4)
Further Reading 333(4)
Acknowledgments 337(2)
Index 339

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