John Hemming was the director of the Royal Geographic Society in London from 1975 to 1996. In addition to The Conquest of the Incas, his sixteen books include Monuments of the Incas, The Search for El Dorado, and Tree of Rivers. He has a D. Litt doctorate from Oxford, and other honorary doctorates and fellowships.
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In 1532, the magnificent Inca empire was the last great civilization still isolated from the rest of humankind. The Conquest of the Incas is the definitive history of this civilization's overthrow, from the invasion by Pizarro's small gang of conquistador... SEE MORE