Contents


I. Crossing the Desert 1
II. Climbing Coropuna 23
III. To Parinacochas 50
IV. Flamingo Lake 74
V. Titicaca 95
VI. The Vilcanota Country and the Peruvian Highlanders 110
VII. The Valley of the Huatanay 133
VIII. The Oldest City in South America 157
IX. The Last Four Incas 170
X. Searching for the Last Inca Capital 198
XI. The Search Continued 217
XII. The Fortress of Uiticos and the House of the Sun 241
XIII. Vilcabamba 255
XIV. Conservidayoc 266
XV. The Pampa of Ghosts 292
XVI. The Story of Tampu-tocco, a Lost City of the First Incas 306
XVII. Machu Picchu 314
XVIII. The Origin of Machu Picchu 326

Glossary 341
Bibliography of the Peruvian Expeditions of Yale University
and the National Geographic Society 345
Index 353