PERU,
INCAS, PERUVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
In
a dozen visits, John Hemming drove, walked, rode and
sailed to every part of Peru, including seeing almost
every ruin and travelling along almost every road and
many rivers in that country.
Awards:
Order of Merit of Peru (Ordén al Mérito
Público); Special Award, Insituto Nacional de
Cultura; Special Award, Cámara Nacional de Turismo;
Medal and Award, Andean Explorers Foundation (US). Council
of Anglo-Peruvian Society (Chairman, 1996-2006).
BOOKS
The
Conquest of the Incas (Macmillan, 1970;
fully revised, Papermac, London, 1995) available from
Pan Macmillan, London. Winner of the Pitman Prize (for
the best first book in English), the Christopher Award
(New York), Hon. Mention, Bolton Prize for Latin American
History (US), and published in many editions and translations.
Other
books on Peru :
Machu Picchu (Newsweek Books,
New York, 1981);
The New Incas (New Pyramid
Press, London, 1983);
Monuments
of the Incas (with photographs by Edward
Ranney, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1982; revised
University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1990).
This book is about Inca architecture and the most important
Inca ruins.
Also,
many papers, chapters, articles, reviews and lectures
on Peruvian archaeology and history.
