Valverde's gold
Subtitle: in search of the last great Inca treasure
By: Mark Honigsbaum
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780374191702
Subjects: Incas; Treasure troves; Description and travel; Antiquities
Description: The author delves into a legend of lost Inca treasure, revisiting the notes of a botanist who was reported to have found the cache of gold and then lost it, and then mounting an expedition to Ecuador himself in search of the treasure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-335) and index.
Table of contents: title: The bearded man; title: A "trustworthy document"; title: The Derrotero; title: An unexpected invitation; title: "A story to astound the world"; title: A literary gold mine; title: An invaluable manuscript; title: Insight in the gold room; title: Conversations with an orchidist; title: Audience with a priest; title: Where I show Blake's maps to Roland and his opinion thereof; title: Where I travel to Píllaro and meet the famous Don Segundo; title: The ascent of the Mesa Tablón and Don Segundo's story about a "red-haired" explorer; title: The ranges at last and a decision reached; title: Dead ends; title: Seville; title: "Gold, ghosts and Commander Dyott"; title: Roland and Andy Redux; title: Oro es trabajo.