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The Inca special could be the designation for this train, which runs from Cuzco in the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu, the lost city of that Indian ci(...)
The Inca special could be the designation for this train, which runs from Cuzco in the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu, the lost city of that Indian ci(...)

The Inca special could be the designation for this train, which runs from Cuzco in the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu, the lost city of that Indian ci(...)

Date1/26/1976
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Inca special could be the designation for this train; which runs from Cuzco in the Peruvian Andes to Machu Picchu; the lost city of that Indian civilization. On the three-hour ride the train runs through areas of magnificent scenery and gives visitors a look at the mountain dwellers; descendants of the Incas; who farm the hills; raise Ilamas and alpacas and offer magnificent woven goods for sale to tourists at station stops.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0117978F
Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, sprawls up a green hillside amidst the peaks of the Andes, its story lost in the mists of time. You can visi(...)
Machu Picchu, the lost city of the Incas, sprawls up a green hillside amidst the peaks of the Andes, its story lost in the mists of time. You can visi(...)
12/26/1973
The Craft and the Cap are Inca but the man is a modern dweller of the Andes, where the old ways are preserved, perhaps because they still work. [Incomplete]
The Craft and the Cap are Inca but the man is a modern dweller of the Andes, where the old ways are preserved, perhaps because they still work. [Incomplete]
1/1/1970
The Indians of the Andes are among the world's most colorful people
The Indians of the Andes are among the world's most colorful people
11/1/1974
The Indians of the Andes are one of the prime attractions of the mountains and some of them have discovered that tourists are eager to purchase their (...)
The Indians of the Andes are one of the prime attractions of the mountains and some of them have discovered that tourists are eager to purchase their (...)
12/8/1970
Narrow Inca streets still survive in Cuzco, Peru, old capital of the Indian empire
Narrow Inca streets still survive in Cuzco, Peru, old capital of the Indian empire
11/17/1969
The life of Rolla : a Peruvian tale : with moral inculcations for youth : including, A description of the temple of the sun. The mysteries of the golden leaf. The seven springs in the valley of Nanasca. The story of the tree with one branch. The story of the Inca who wept blood. The speech of Rolla. The battle of Quito. The death of Rolla : with a frontispiece, representing Rolla tearing from the rock the tree which supports the bridge
The life of Rolla : a Peruvian tale : with moral inculcations for youth : including, A description of the temple of the sun. The mysteries of the golden leaf. The seven springs in the valley of Nanasca. The story of the tree with one branch. The story of the Inca who wept blood. The speech of Rolla. The battle of Quito. The death of Rolla : with a frontispiece, representing Rolla tearing from the rock the tree which supports the bridge
1800
Graves are hard to dig in the rock of the high Bolivian Andes and the dead are buried in the cubicles of mausoeums like this on the ledges of which behind the grating mourners place floral offerings
Graves are hard to dig in the rock of the high Bolivian Andes and the dead are buried in the cubicles of mausoeums like this on the ledges of which behind the grating mourners place floral offerings
8/11/1945
The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
The new gift book for youth : being interesting sketches & pictures concerning the Arctic regions, icebergs, the oak struck by lightning, the roots of the banian tree, the nest of the wild bee, the heavens, the moon, the seasons, peeps through the microscope, human blood and hair, diamond washing, the rise of the Thames, earthquake at Lisbon, bears and bear hunting, lion and tiger fight, tiger hunting, stags fighting, ascent of the Wetterhorn, crossing the Andes, glances at China, ancient punishments, walrus hunting, London past and present, railway and the steam engine, ancient map of the world
1848
This magnificent Inca fortress outside Cuzco is one of the world's great engineering feats and one of the major tourist attractions of Peru. It was bu(...)
This magnificent Inca fortress outside Cuzco is one of the world's great engineering feats and one of the major tourist attractions of Peru. It was bu(...)
11/17/1969
The Inca fort of Saesahuaman, near Cuzco, was built with stones weighing up to several hundred tons - and without the use of mortar, wheels, pulleys, (...)
The Inca fort of Saesahuaman, near Cuzco, was built with stones weighing up to several hundred tons - and without the use of mortar, wheels, pulleys, (...)
12/11/1970
The massive stones in the pre-Inca fortress of Sacsahuaman near Cuzco, capital of ancient Peru, vie in size with the monoliths of Egypt and huge Cyclo(...)
The massive stones in the pre-Inca fortress of Sacsahuaman near Cuzco, capital of ancient Peru, vie in size with the monoliths of Egypt and huge Cyclo(...)
2/1/1947
Near-empty trains on Spadina subway line, above, could be eliminated with express runs, reader claims
Near-empty trains on Spadina subway line, above, could be eliminated with express runs, reader claims
8/8/1978