Valverde's Gold

Deliciously detailed and dense, as satisfying as any mystery. . . spellbinding' As a ransom for his King, a Incan general leaves a hoard of gold for the Spanish

Delight in the cultural aspects of Latin America by observing the objects that give life to history Latin American Cultural Objects and Episodesprovides readers

This is the story of how gold can intoxicate even the most mild mannered of historians, about how characters - both real and fictional - become seized with the

When Mark Honigsbaum discovers an ancient Spanish treasure guide buried in his research notebooks, he cannot help but be drawn into the legend of Valverde, a co

An exciting book that explores the South American mythmakers' fascination with shapeshifting and magic.

Story of expeditions to Northern Ecuador and Peru in search of buried Inca gold, and of two expeditions to the Amazon area of Colombia in quest of snakes and fi