Caldecott Honor-winner Ted Lewin takes readers on a thrilling journey to
the wilds of Peru in this story of Hiram Bingham, who, in 1911, carved a
treacherous path through snake-filled jungles and across perilous
mountains in search of Vilcapampa, the lost city of the Incas. Guided
the last steps by a young Quechua boy, however, he discovered not the
rumored lost city, but the ruins of Machu Picchu, a city totally unknown
to the outside world, and one of the wonders of the world.