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

by Honigsbaum, Mark

• 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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