# Victor Wolfgang von Hagen

Víctor Wolfgang von Hagen (San Luis, Misuri, EE. UU., 29 de febrero de 1908 - Italia, 8 de marzo de 1985) fue un explorador estadounidense, historiador arqueológico, antropólogo y relator de experiencias viajeras que exploró la América precolombina junto con su esposa (Christine, más tarde Sylvia). Entre los años 1940 y 1965, publicó un gran número de libros sobre el antiguo pueblo de los incas, los mayas y aztecas.
A principios del año 1950, participó en una exploración de dos años a través de antiguos caminos incas del Perú y encontró al único puente colgante de cuerdas sobreviviente de esta cultura.
Su hija, Adriana von Hagen, es codirectora de un museo de Leimebamba (Perú).

## Obra

* Alexander von Humboldt
* Off With Their Heads (1937)
* Ecuador the Unknown (1938)
* The Tsátchela Indians of Western Ecuador (1939)
* The Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin: Notes on an Exhibition at the Bancroft Library (1939)
* Quetzal Quest - The Story of the Capture of the Quetzal, the Sacred Bird of the Aztec and the Mayas (1939)
* Jungle in the Clouds (1940)
* Riches of South America (New World Neighbors) (1941)
* Riches of Central America (New World Neighbors) (1942)
* Paper and Civilization (Scientific Monthly, vol. 57, 1943)
* Mexican Papermaking Plants (Journal of the New York Botanical Gardens, vol. 44, 1943)
* The Jicaque Indians of Honduras (1943)
* The Aztec and Maya Papermakers (1943)
* South America Called Them: Explorations of the Great Naturalists: La Condamine, Humbolt, Darwin, Spruce (1945)
* South American Zoo (1946)
* F.Catherwood 1799-1854 - Architect-Explorer of Two Worlds (1946)
* Maya Explorer: John Lloyd Stephens and the Lost Cities of Central America and Yucatán (1947)
* The Green World of the Naturalists - A Treasury of Five Centuries of Natural History in South America (1948)
* A Guide to Lima, the Capital of Peru (Guides to Peru) (1949)
* A Guide to Cusco (Guides to Peru) (1949)
* A Guide to Sacsahuaman: The Fortress of Cusco (Guides to Peru) (1949)
* Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: A History (1949)
* Frederick Catherwood, Architect (1950)
* Huancayo and Ayacucho (His Guide to Peru) (1950)
* A Guide to Guayaquil (Guides to Ecuador) (1950)
* A Guide to St Vincent (1950)
* A Guide to Machu Picchu (Guides to Peru) (1952)
* The Four Seasons Of Manuela. A Biography. The Love Story of Manuela Sàenz and Simòn Bolivar (1952)
* Highway of the Sun (1955) - about an expedition of discovery of the ancient roads of the Inca
* A Guide to Cusco and Machu Picchu (Guides to Peru) (1956)
* Realm of the Incas (1957)
* The Aztec: Man and Tribe (1958)
* A Guide to Sacsahuaman: Ollontay-Tambo and Pisac (1958)
* The World of the Maya (1960)
* Maya, Land of the Turkey and the Deer (1960)
* The Ancient Sun Kingdoms of the Americas: Aztec, Maya, Inca (1961)
* The Incas: People of the Sun (1961)
* A Chronological Chart of Pre-Columbian Indian Cultures of the Americas and World Events (1962)
* The Desert Kingdoms of Peru (1965)
* Roman Roads (1966)
* Roads that Led to Rome (1967)
* The Gold of El Dorado: The Quest for the Golden Man (1968)
* The Incas of Pedro De Cieza De Leon (1970)
* Search for the Maya: The Story of Stephens and Catherwood (1973)
* The Germanic People in America (1976)
* The Royal Road of the Inca (1976)
* Jicaque (1977)
* The Sun Kingdom of the Aztecs (1977)
* Cuzco and Machu Picchu (1979) ABC Pocket Guide
* Capac ñan, Schicksalsstrasse der Inkas