Victor Wolfgang von Hagen

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Victor von Hagen 1984 in Boggioli, Toscana

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

Hagen traveled to Latin America with his first wife Christine and later also with his second wife Sylvia (née Edzard). In the early 1950s he undertook a two-year research trip on the paths of the ancient Inca roads in Peru and discovered the only remaining suspension bridge on this route. This trip was financially made possible by the Hamburg merchant Sigmund Gildemeister, Silvia's grandfather, and therefore the book "Highway of the Sun" was dedicated to him.
Between 1940 and 1965 he wrote a variety of recognized books on the American Inca , Mayan , 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)
  • The Galapagos Islands and Charles Darwin: Notes on an Exhibition at the Bancroft Library (1939)
  • Quetzal Quest - The Story of the Capture of the Quetzal, the Sacred Bird of the Aztec and the Mayas (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 Papermaking 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 Yucatán (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 Sacsahuaman: The Fortress of Cusco (Guides to Peru) (1949)
  • Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: A History (1949)
  • Frederick Catherwood, Architect (1950)
  • Huancayo and Ayacucho (His Guide to Peru) (1950)
  • A Guide to Guayaquil (Guides to Ecuador) (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 Sàenz and Simòn Bolivar (1952)
  • Highway of the Sun (1955) - about an expedition of discovery of the ancient roads of the Inca.
    German edition: Heerstraßen des Sonnengottes (Ullstein, Vienna 1957)
    (VW von Hagen dedicated this book to the grandfather of his wife Silvia, the Hamburg merchant Sigmund Gildemeister , who supported the project financially - see p. 24 in the English edition and p. 23 in the German edition.)
  • 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 Sacsahuaman: 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)
    German edition: Sun Kingdoms (1962, paperback edition 1966)
  • 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)
  • Roads that 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)
  • Germanic People
    German edition: The call of the new world. Germans build America (Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1970)
  • as editor: Pedro de Cieza de Leon. On the royal roads of the Incas . Stuttgart: Steingrüben 1971. - It is about the Crónicas del Perú des Spaniers Cieza de León; engl. Original edition: 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
  • In search of the golden man. The story of ElDorado. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1979. ISBN 3-499-17296-8
  • Capac ñan, the fate of the Incas

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personal data
SURNAME Hagen, Victor Wolfgang von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American explorer, archaeological historian, anthropologist, and travel writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1985
Place of death Italy