Victor Wolfgang von Hagen

Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (* February 29, 1908 in St. Louis, † March 8, 1985 in Italy) was an American explorer, archaeological historian, anthropologist and travel writer.

Hagen has toured Latin America together with his first wife Christine and later also with his second wife Silvia (born Edzard ). In the early 1950s he undertook a two-year research journey along the paths of ancient Inca roads of Peru and discovered the only surviving suspension bridge of this path. This trip was financially possible by the Hamburg merchant Sigmund Gildemeister, the grandfather, Silvia and therefore the book "Highway of the Sun" was dedicated to him. Between 1940 and 1965 he wrote a variety of accepted books on the American Inca, Maya and Aztec peoples.

His daughter, Adriana von Hagen is now deputy director of the Museum of Leymebamba (Peru ).

Works

  • Alexander von Humboldt
  • Off With Their Heads (1937 )
  • Ecuador the Unknown (1938 )
  • The Tsátchela Indians of Western Ecuador ( 1939)
  • Quetzal Quest - The Story of the Capture of the Quetzal, the Sacred Bird of the Aztec and the Maya (1939 )
  • Jungle in the Clouds (1940 )
  • Riches of South America ( New World Neighbors ) ( 1941)
  • Riches of Central America ( New World Neighbors ) ( 1942)
  • Paper and Civilization ( Scientific Monthly, vol. 57, 1943)
  • Mexican Paper Making Plants (Journal of the New York Botanical Gardens, vol. 44, 1943)
  • The Jicaque Indians of Honduras ( 1943)
  • The Aztec and Maya Papermakers (1943 )
  • South America Called Them: Explorations of the Great Naturalists: La Condamine, Humboldt, Darwin, Spruce (1945 )
  • South American Zoo ( 1946)
  • F.Catherwood 1799-1854 - Architect - Explorer of Two Worlds (1946 )
  • Maya Explorer: John Lloyd Stephens and the Lost Cities of Central America and Yucatan (1947 )
  • The Green World of the Naturalists - A Treasury of Five Centuries of Natural History in South America ( 1948)
  • A Guide to Lima, the Capital of Peru ( Guides to Peru) ( 1949)
  • A Guide to Cusco ( Guides to Peru) ( 1949)
  • A Guide to Sacsayhuaman: The Fortress of Cusco ( Guides to Peru) ( 1949)
  • Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands: A History (1949 )
  • Frederick Catherwood, Architect (1950 )
  • Huancayo and Ayacucho (His Guide to Peru) ( 1950)
  • A Guide to Guayaquil ( Ecuador Guides to ) ( 1950)
  • A Guide to St. Vincent ( 1950)
  • A Guide to Machu Picchu ( Guides to Peru) ( 1952)
  • The Four Seasons Of Manuela. A Biography. The Love Story of Manuela Sáenz and Simón Bolívar (1952 )
  • Highway of the Sun ( 1955) - about to expedition of discovery of the ancient roads of the Inca
  • Highways of the sun god, Ullstein, 1957
  • A Guide to Cusco and Machu Picchu ( Guides to Peru) ( 1956)
  • Realm of the Incas (1957 )
  • The Aztec: Man and Tribe ( 1958)
  • A Guide to Sacsayhuaman: Ollontay - Tambo and Pisac (1958 )
  • The World of the Maya (1960 )
  • Maya, Land of the Turkey and the Deer (1960 )
  • The Ancient Sun Kingdoms of the Americas: Aztec, Maya, Inca ( 1961)
  • The Incas: People of the Sun (1961 )
  • A Chronological Chart of Pre- Columbian Indian Cultures of the Americas and World Events ( 1962)
  • The Desert Kingdoms of Peru ( 1965)
  • Roman Roads (1966 )
  • As editor: "Sun Kingdoms ', Earthscan, 1966
  • Roads did Led to Rome (1967 )
  • The Gold of El Dorado: The Quest for the Golden Man (1968 )
  • The Incas of Pedro De Cieza De Leon ( 1970)
  • The Call of the New World. German build America. Earthscan, Munich / Zurich 1970.
  • As Editor: Pedro de Cieza de Leon. On the streets king of the Incas. Stuttgart: Steingrüben 1971 - It is the Crónicas del Perú Cieza de León of the Spaniard; . engl. Original Issue: The Incas. University of Oklahoma Press 1959.
  • Search for the Maya: The Story of Stephens and Catherwood (1973 )
  • The Germanic People in America ( 1976)
  • The Royal Road of the Inca ( 1976)
  • Jicaque (1977 )
  • The Sun Kingdom of the Aztecs (1977 )
  • Cuzco and Machu Picchu (1979 ) ABC Pocket Guide
  • Capac ñan, destiny road of the Incas
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