Multiple choice general knowledge history

This Yale professor discovered a city called Machu Picchu.

  1. Amerigo Vespucci

  2. Henry Hudson

  3. Jacques Carter

  4. Hiram Bingham
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Explanation

Hiram Bingham III, a history lecturer at Yale University, rediscovered the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911. He was led there by local farmers and brought the site to international attention, though it was never truly 'lost' to indigenous peoples. Bingham's expeditions were sponsored by Yale and the National Geographic Society.

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