By Catharine Hamm | Los Angeles Times Travel Editor
31. Here's something Hiram Bingham and Christopher Columbus have in common: Both thought they had discovered some other place.
Christopher Columbus discovery of the New World brought the Spanish to South America which would eventually lead to the conquest of Peru and the destruction of their empire including their capital city of Cusco. It would not be until Hiram Bingham's discovery that the world began to appreciate the treasures of the Incas.
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