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48 pp.
| Mikaya
| June, 2000
|
TradeISBN 0-9650493-9-6$$19.95
(3)
4-6
Wonders of the World series.
Illustrated by
Amy Crehore.
In this look at Machu Picchu, the Incan city built in the 1400s between two Andes mountain peaks, Mann speckles a straightforward account of the rise and fall of the Incan people with appreciation for the city's architecture. The book is illustrated with luminous full-page (including one gatefold) paintings showing the polygonal stones painstakingly handcrafted by stonemasons, two color photographs, and a map. Glos., ind.