Machu Picchu

ANDES MOUNTAINS

Several Andes peaks reach over 22,000 feet

Machu Picchu

13 S, 72 W

What country is Machu Picchu in?

PERU

Machu Picchu

Built around 1450 for the Inca Emperor Pachacuti

When did Columbus reach the New World?

Invasion

●1530s: Spanish Conquistadors led
by Francisco Pizarro arrive in Peru

●Their mission: find and seize gold
for the Spanish Empire

Invasion

●1530s: Spanish Conquistadors led
by Francisco Pizarro arrive in Peru

●Their mission: find and seize gold
for the Spanish Empire

●Inca used gold for jewelry and
shrines to their gods

●The Spanish used gold for money

Machu Picchu

Hidden by Inca descendants until 1911 because they

were afraid it would be destroyed

What invention in the early 20th century allowed people

to see the world from very high up?