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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

From 100 Facts for 100 Years of Machu Picchu - #28



By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor

#28 Hiram Bingham may not have not been the first European to find Machu Picchu.  Some say it was a German named Augusto Berrns who came upon it in 1867.

It is highly contested that Hiram Bingham "discovered" Machu Picchu the general consensus is that he is credited for bringing Machu Picchu to the attention of the world.

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