The Lost City of the Monkey God Douglas Preston

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Englische Bücher / Geschichte Kulturgeschichte Zeitgeschichte Entdeckung (allgemein) Expedition Forschungsreise Honduras Indigene Völker

Art Nr.: 1786695073 ISBN 13: 9781786695079 ReleaseYear: 2017 Published by: Head Of Zeus Ltd. Cover: Taschenbuch Cover Format: 198x126x25 mm Pages: 326 Weight: 261 g Language: Englisch Author: Douglas Preston NEUWARE - Portofrei innerhalb Deutschlands!

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Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumours have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden deep in the Honduran interior. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and warn the legendary city is cursed: to enter it is a death sentence. They call it the Lost City of the Monkey God. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artefacts and an electrifying story of having found the City - but then committed suicide without revealing its location.

Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a single-engine plane carrying a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but a lost civilization.

To confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, plagues of insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. They emerged from the jungle with proof of the legend... and the curse. They had contracted a horrifying, incurable and sometimes lethal disease.

Suspenseful and shocking, filled with history, adventure and dramatic twists of fortune, The Lost City of the Monkey God is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.

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A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A medical mystery. A journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle and a stunning archaeological discovery.

A five-hundred-year-old legend. An ancient curse. A medical mystery. A journey into the unknown heart of the world's densest jungle and a stunning archaeological discovery.

Information of Author Douglas Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and National Geographic magazines, as well as novels and nonfiction works (such as The Lost City of the Monkey God). With Lincoln Child, he writes international #1 bestselling thrillers, including the Agent Pendergast adventures. Information of Author: Douglas Preston writes about archaeology for the New Yorker and National Geographic magazines, as well as novels and nonfiction works (such as The Lost City of the Monkey God). With Lincoln Child, he writes international #1 bestselling thrillers, including the Agent Pendergast adventures. Kurzbeschreibung Titel: The Lost City of the Monkey God, Einband: Taschenbuch, Autor: Douglas Preston, Verlag: Head Of Zeus Ltd., Sprache: Englisch, Seiten: 326, Maße: 198x126x25 mm, Gewicht: 261 g, Verkäufer: buchrakete, Schlagworte: Englische Bücher / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Zeitgeschichte Entdeckung (allgemein) Expedition Forschungsreise Honduras Indigene Völker Powered by Inforius