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Jan 12, 2015
In The Last Days of the Incas, Emmy-winning film maker and author Kim MacQuarrie offers a balanced and engaging account of the Incas, who ruled a 2500-mile-long stretch of western South America at the time the Spanish Conquistadors arrived in 1526. MacQuarrie examines Spanish correspondence that depicts their encounters with the Incas, and he traces the explorations of 20th-century archaeologists, including Hiram Bingham and Gene Savoy. His riveting narration brings to life the Incas' civilization, their fatal clashes with the Conquistadors, and the dramatic discoveries of the ruins of Machu Picchu and Vilcabamba. History and Current Events January 2015 newsletter.