Victor Wolfgang von Hagen

Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (February 29, 1908 - March 8, 1985) was a US-American explorer, archaeological historian, anthropologist, and travel writer who traveled the South Americas with his wife, Christine. Mainly between 1940 and 1965, he published a large number of widely acclaimed books about the ancient people of the Inca, Maya, and Aztecs.

In the early 1950s, he went for a two year exploration of Peru's ancient Inca roads and found the only surviving suspension bridge of this trail.

His daughter, Adriana von Hagen, is co-director of a museum in 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, Humbolt, 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
* "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)
* "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)
* "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, Schicksalsstrasse der Inkas"