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Article in the South American Explorers Journal, issue Fall 2004
Alexander von Humboldt, Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America during the Years 1799-1804
Edward Whymper, Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator
Victor von Hagen, The ancient Inca roads
Dylan Neyme, Condor Trail, paragliding in the andes Sky Gypsy Publications, Seattle 2004, ISBN 0-9759483-0-x
The only book so far about paragliding in the andes.
It describes many of the popular, accessible places of the central andes.
Very well written by a friend of mine after our journeys, very useful, contains many adresses, small maps, and explanations
Rob Rachowiecki, Climbing and Hiking in Ecuador
Reiche, Maria, Mystery of the Desert, Maria Reiche, Lima, 1949
deutsch
Alexander v. Humboldt, Amerikanische Reise
Victor von Hagen, Capac ñan, Schicksalsstrasse der Inkas
Eduardo Galeano, Die offenen Adern Lateinmerikas
Mario Vargas Llosa, Tod in den Anden 1993,
probably influenced by his defeat in the elections 1990, a gripping narative in excellent style
that leaves the reader with a somewhat negative, distorted image of the highland inhabitants
Günther Schmudlach, Die Berge Ecuadors, (best mountaineering guide of Ecuador)
Oskar Busch, Trekkingführer Peru, Bergverlag Rother, München, (best trekking guide of Peru)
Kai Ferreira Schmid, Peru Bolivien, Verl. Reise Know-How
Winfried Dunkel, Quechua für Peru-Reisende, Verl. Reise Know-How,
(very short excellent introduction to the language in the Ayacucho dialect,
there is a similar book available in english)
Artikel im Schlechtfliegermagazin, Nr. 2, 2004
Reiche, Maria, Geheimnis der Wüste, Selbstverlag Maria Reiche, Lima, 1948/49
espaņol
Oscar Colchado, Cholito en los Andes mágicos, Lanzón Ed. Lima
Eduardo Galeano, Las venas abiertas de latino america
Mario Vargas Llosa, Lituma en los Andes
Ciro Alegria, La serpiente de oro
Enrique López Albújar, Cuentos Andinos
José Maria Arguedas, Agua
Garcilaso de la Vega, Comentarios reales
Reiche, Maria, El secreto de la Pampa, Maria Reiche, Lima, 1948/49
quechua
Alfonso Toaquiza, Kuntur kuyashkamanta, SEEDS publishers
Reynaldo Martínez Parra, La fábula quechua
Best overview:
Melles Maps, South America, The Andes
Includes the street map of some cities, covers the whole mountain range 1:4,500,000
Topographical maps:
Either at the local maps of National Institutes in the capitals Quito, Lima, La Paz,
maps of the whole country in magnitudes 1:100,000 up to 1:25,000
or the excellent russian military survey maps 1:500,000 or 1:250,000 of all of South America.
For parts of the Cordillera Blanca,
Peru and similar regions popular in mountaineering sports there are equally excellent maps of the
german Alpine Club DAV 1:100,000
In the web:
all of Peru 1:100,000 of the peruvian geografic society
very good private link to bolivian maps
probably the best link for maps worldwide: Univ. Texas Austin library
another useful link for maps worldwide: Multimap
movies
Dennis Hopper, The last movie, strange but fascinating movie, happening in a small peruvian village near Cusco, with lots of quetchua and bits of racism