Hiram Bingham letter to Beatrice and Charlie with photographs and photostat maps of Machu Picchu, 1948-1949.

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Hiram Bingham letter to Beatrice and Charlie with photographs and photostat maps of Machu Picchu, 1948-1949.

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The collection consists of six items: letter to Beatrice and Charlie, 22 Jan. 1949, congratulating them on Beatrice's book, Historic Stars and Comets, with mention of Bingham's book, Lost City of the Incas, and his health; also, three photostats of maps left out of the book by the publisher, including a regional plan of Machu Picchu, a plan of the site, and detail maps of the sacred plaza; also, two small snapshots of the road to Machu Picchu, with typed captions on the verso describing the road opening 17 Oct. 1948.

6 items.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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Bingham, Hiram, 1875-1956

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American explorer, politician, and author. From the description of Letter : to [Edmund Clarence] Stedman, 1901 Dec. 27. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 86157600 Hiram Bingham was a scholar, author, explorer, and politician, best remembered for discovering Machu Picchu. Born Hiram Bingham III to missionary parents in Hawaii, he gradually distanced himself from the missionary lifestyle and entered Yale with th...

Griffith, Charles F.

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Griffith, Beatrice Fox, 1890-

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