Valverde's Gold

A compilation of obscure papers and correspondence concerning Ecuador, The Llanganati Mountains, Lost Inca Gold and the "Derrotero de Valverde." All presented to The Royal Geographic Society around the turn of the century! These papers tell an intriguing and timeless tale that beget many!"On the Mountains of Llanganati, in the Eastern Cordillera of the Quitonian Andes" by Richard Spruce"Travels in Ecuador" by Jordan Stabler"The Inca Treasure of Llanganati" by E.C. BrooksOver the past century numerous explorers have conducted countless expeditions into the Llanganati Mountains of Ecuador utilizing Spruce's paper as the basis for their quest of hidden Inca gold. Many of these explorers, including the world renowned Llanganati expert Eugene K. Brunner, conducted their quests oblivious to the entirety of Spruce's paper, of which only a portion had been published in his work "Notes Of A Botanist on the Amazon & Andes." Without access to Spruce's entire paper and the works of Stabler and Brooks, many years of explorations were in vain. Now, all three works can be read together relating an intriguing tale of many genres!