In 1911, 36-year-old Yale history lecturer Hiram Bingham, funded by National Geographic Society, reached Machu Picchu guided by local farmer Melchor Arteaga. He initially believed he'd found Vilcabamba, the last Inca capital.
Hiram Bingham's 1911 expedition discovers Machu Picchu
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- Hiram Bingham was a 33-year-old Yale professor of Latin American history
- National Geographic granted him $5,000 for the expedition
- The expedition crew consisted of 8 people including a naturalist, geologist, physician, and topographers
- Bingham was guided to the site by local farmer Melchure Artega
- Local natives told Bingham about ruins on the mountain called Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu
- Bingham reached the site on July 24, 1911
- The city sits at 8,000 ft elevation on a ridge in the Andes
- Bingham initially believed he had found Vilcabamba, the last Inca capital
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On July 19th 1911, Bingham's expedition headed out of Cusco into the Sacred Valley, via the towns of Urubamba and Ollantaytambo, in search of the Inca ruins of ...
The explorer Hiram Bingham and Machu Picchu Discoveryexplora.com
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[PDF] Hiram Bingham's Expedition and the Peruvian Response - EliScholarelischolar.library.yale.edu
On June 15, 1915, the renowned Yale historian-turned-explorer Hiram Bingham. III returned from a three-week trek along the Salcantay trail to find his ...
Who initiated the scientific study of Machu Picchu? - Britannicabritannica.com
Yale University professor Hiram Bingham was first led to Machu Picchu by Melchor Arteaga, a Quechua-speaking resident, in 1911.
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