Realm of the Incas - Hardcover

Milligan, Max

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 095458760X ISBN 13: 9780954587604

Publisher: Idlewild, 2003

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This lavishly illustrated and highly informative volume is the definitive book on the Inca region of Peru. It is a breathtaking visual journey with lively and detailed text, from the sacred snowpeaks of the Andes down to the virgin rainforest of Amazonia. Celebrating the extraordinary diversity of the area through stunning photographs, it covers every aspect of life, from natural history to magical festivals. Lost cities, bizarre rituals and stunning landscapes surround Machu Picchu and Cuzco 'the archaeological capital of South America' while the jungle below in Manu National Park hosts the greatest biodiversity on the planet. Realm of the Incas is, quite simply, the culmination of Max Milligan's fifteen year love affair with this fabled land.

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Review:

A stunning visual odyssey - beautifully conceived. -- New Scientist

An astonishing photographic collection -- Conde Nast Traveller - Book of the Month

Milligan's exceptional photography emcompasses this rich diversity - the pictures are not ordinary coffee-table fodder. -- The Times - Top 10 Travel Books of the Year

Milligan's passion informs every intricately researched page - fascinating on many levels. -- IPC Magazines

Startling images are juxtaposed with the humorous. Nothing escapes his acute eye. -- Evening Standard

From the Back Cover:

''Realm of the Incas' is a journey from the sacred snows of the Andes to the pristine reserves of the Amazon rainforest – a region that not only passes through eight distinctive climates and habitats, but also includes the major Inca ruins and Spanish colonial architecture seen by visitors to Peru.'

Max Milligan spent five years in Peru during the late ’80s and early ’90s, during which time he took several thousand photographs. Since then he has worked as a professional photographer, mainly in London; he uses tripod-mounted Leicas, which give superb image quality. His long-held ambition has been to return to Peru to shoot the definitive photographic book about the Inca region. No book at present covers this territory as a whole; there are pamphlet guides to Machu Picchu and specialist tomes on the jungle, festivals and architecture, but there is a yawning gap in the market for a book that provides a photographic overview of the region, an area to which 90 percent of foreign visitors to Peru restrict their journeys.

Milligan spent all of the year 2000 in Peru, photographing both wet and dry seasons plus the major religious and cultural festivals. His subject matter is every aspect of the area: geographical, historical (both Inca and Spanish colonial), cultural and social events, flora and fauna from the glaciers to the jungle, and any other aspects of daily life in this fabled region.

In addition to Max’s lively commentary in his text and captions, the book has a foreword of around 2,000 words by John Hemming, much-lauded author of The Conquest of the Incas, unquestionably the definitive book on the subject and described by The Times as ‘a superbly vivid history distinguished by formidable scholarship’.

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