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and Patallacta

and Sacred Center theory

and sundials

and Vitcos

Central African Republic

Cerro San Gabriel

chasquis

Chepstow-Lusty, Alex

chicha

Chichen Itza

Choquequirao

and Bingham’s expeditions

camp at

compared to Llactapata

hike to

and Inca roads

and Leivers’s preservation ethic

Machu Picchu compared to

and orientation of Inca sites

and proximity to rivers

and route planning

site described

and treasure hunting

viewed from Phuyupatamarca

Choquetacarpo Pass

Christian missionaries. See also Catholicism

Cieza de León, Pedro de

City of Z

climate of Peru

Bingham on

and cloud forest

garúa (cloud cover)

and mountain passes

and rain forests

climate of Peru (cont.)

variety of zones

and Vilcabamba site

and Vitcos

Cobos, Benjamin

Cobos, Flavio

Cobos, Florencia

Cobos, Juvenal

and altitude fitness

and anniversary of Bingham’s trip

and coca

at Concevidayoc

daily hiking routine

at Espiritu Pampa

first visit to Machu Picchu

and hike to Choquequirao

home of

and Inca Trail trip

and insect attack

at Kolpacasa Pass

and Leivers’s injury

and muleteer injury

and muleteer work

and “Peruvian time,”

popularity of

preparations for trip

at Quillabamba

on Savoy expedition

at the Sixpac Manco

and start of trip

at Valentin farm

and water supplies

at Yanama camp

Cobos, Rosa

coca

and altitude endurance

and Andean diet

Bingham on

cookies

expedition’s use of

and folk medicine

and Inca royalty

Cock of the Rock (tunki bird)

Colombia

Columbus, Christopher

Concevidayoc

Condore, Samuel

condors

conquistadors. See also specific individuals

and Bingham’s expedition route

brutality of

conquest of Inca empire

and Cusco

and guerilla warfare

and the khipu

and Lost City legends

and mit’a system

and siege of Cusco

and treasure hunting

and Vilcabamba

and Vitcos

Conway, Hugh

Cook, Frederick

Cook, James

Coolidge, Calvin

Cordillera Vilcabamba

Corona Borealis

Coronica Moralizada (Calancha)

Coropuna

Cortés, Hernán

Cousteau, Jacques

“Cradle of Gold,”

creation myths. See also Tampu Tocco

Crowley, Aleister

Cura Ocllo

Cusco

and artifacts controversy

and Bingham’s expeditions

and civil war

and earthquakes

and the Inca empire

and Inca roads

and Inca stonework

and Koricancha temple

and New Age spiritualism

preparations for trip

and Quechua language

and routes to Machu Picchu

and Spanish conquest

topography of

and tourism

and water quality

Dana, Richard Henry

Darien Colony

Darwin, Charles

Davis, Richard Harding

Dead Woman’s Pass

Death in the Andes (Vargas Llosa)

The Discoverers (Boorstein)

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Earhart, Amelia

earthquakes

Eastman, George

Eaton, George

ecology of Peru. See plants of Peru; wildlife of Peru

The Economist

Ecuador

Edgar (Gudiel)

drive to Santa Teresa

at Espiritu Pampa

at Inca Trail trip

at Llactapata

preparations for trip

at Santa Teresa

Efrain (Valles)

background

on condors

guiding style

and Machu Picchu

and Patallacta

and Phuyupatamarca

and porters

preparations for trip

El Dorado legend

El Sol

Encounter Overland

Enigmatic Window

Eromboni Pampa

Espiritu Pampa

and Bingham’s expeditions

and celestial orientation of Inca sites

and Leivers’ preservation ethic

and Machu Picchu theories

and orientation of Inca sites

and proximity to rivers

and route planning

and Savoy’s theories

site described

and usnus

viewed from Phuyupatamarca

and Vilcabamba name

“The Explorer” (Kipling)

Exploring Cusco (Frost)

Farabee, William

Fawcett, Percy

Fejos, Paul

Fisk, Carlton

Fitch, Ezra

Foote, Harry

Forgotten Vilcabamba (Lee)

Frost, Peter

Fructoso

Fujimori, Alberto

Funerary Rock

Garcia, Alan

Geographic Journal

giardia

Giesecke, Albert

Gilbert Islands

gnomons

Greer, Paolo

author’s dinner with

background

on Bingham’s popularization of Machu Picchu

on celestial orientation of Inca sites

and preservation efforts

Grosvenor, Gilbert

and artifacts controversy

and Bingham’s trip reports

and lost city tales

and Machu Picchu articles

on scope of Bingham’s work

Guevara, Ernesto