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Charles Wiener (1851–1913) was an Austrian-French scientist-explorer. Born in Vienna, he is perhaps best known as the explorer who traveled extensively in Peru, climbed the Illimani and came close to re-discovering Machu Picchu. ==Biography== His first intellectual stirrings were in the area of linguistics, since he published a small work on this subject in 1873. Later, he was a teacher of German in Paris. He received a doctor's degree in philosophy from the University of Rostock with a dissertation edited with the title of ''Essai sur les institutions politiques, religieuses, économiques et sociales de l´Empire des Incas'', Paris, 1874, work for which he contacted other students of Mesoamerican antiquity. According to Kim MacQuarrie, Wiener, in his exploration,
"Wiener traveled in Peru in 1875, a few years after Herman Göhring (a fellow explorer) and () told in Ollantaytambo about certain ruins, including those at “Huainan-Picchu” and “Matcho Picchu,” but he was unable to reach them during his visit."〔 Consequently, Wiener's own account of his travels, published as ''Perou et Bolivie'' (Paris, 1880), "contains a map, “Vallee de Santa-Ana,” incorrectly placing “Huayna picchu” south of “Malcho picchu” on the east side of the Urubamba." "The map was apparently published in Paris by the Societe de Geographie in 1877, three years before the publication of Wiener’s book."〔 Also of note is that "Hiram Bingham (the ultimate re-discoverer of Machu Picchu) was familiar with Wiener’s book () when a Cuzqueño told Bingham that he had seen "ruins 'finer than Choqquequirau' at a place called Huayna Picchu," Bingham thought that the "report resembled Wiener’s account.""〔 Also of note is that Wiener is mentioned in Mario Vargas Llosa's novel ''The Storyteller'' as the Frenchman "who in 1880 came across 'two Machiguenga corpses, ritually abandoned in the river,' which he decapitated and added to his collection of curiosities collected in the Peruvian jungle."〔''The Storyteller.'' By Mario Vargas Llosa, Helen R. Lane. Published by Macmillan. p. 82. (Google Books )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Wiener」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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