Annie Cannon Obsession
William Curtis Farrabee
SI Bailey
Leon Campbell
Annie Cannon bio notes
Annie Opera Sources
Notes on Incan Observatories
Intihuatana
What I think or maybe it's just wishful thinking, is that when Annie Jump Cannon went to work in Peru (April-September 1922), she might have visited Machu Picchu and seen the observatories there. Her visit coincided with William Curtis Farrabee, who was one of the people who at least heard of Machu Picchu (but didn't visit?) during his Amazon study 1906-1909. When Farrabee was in the field, he used the HCO in Arequipa as a base camp for his investigations. I guess that's where he got his mail, parked his family if they didn't go with him into the jungle. That visit didn't overlap with SI Bailey (who left Peru in 1905). But in the summer of 1922, when both Bailey and Cannon were at Arequipa, Farrabee was also at Arequipa and he spent a few weeks recuperating from some debilitating disease, which none the less didn't stop him from swanning about. I did find some references to lantern slides made by Cannon and SIB that reference sites in Peru. But despite my best efforts, I can't swear that any of these slides come from Machu Picchu.
Temple of the Sun, Sacsaywayman, Cuzco cathedral, etc. next couple of pages https://transcription.si.edu/view/54010/ETZKv
"Temple of the Sun" could be the Qoricancha. So, I don't know that Annie and/or SI ever got to MP or not.
Need to know:
Could be a story. Could make up a story about Farabee visiting with A&SI during the summer and talking about it. Surely he would have visited it himself, especially if Bingham was long gone. Could be none of them recognized it as possible that pre-columbian observatories exist in the New World. New England stone cairns appear to be observatories as well.
Interesting thing: In his 1877 text on Peru, Squier describes Chankillo, describing the observatory there as a wall of some sort, maybe a fortification? anyway.
William Curtis Farrabee
SI Bailey
Leon Campbell
Annie Cannon bio notes
Annie Opera Sources
Notes on Incan Observatories
Intihuatana
What I think or maybe it's just wishful thinking, is that when Annie Jump Cannon went to work in Peru (April-September 1922), she might have visited Machu Picchu and seen the observatories there. Her visit coincided with William Curtis Farrabee, who was one of the people who at least heard of Machu Picchu (but didn't visit?) during his Amazon study 1906-1909. When Farrabee was in the field, he used the HCO in Arequipa as a base camp for his investigations. I guess that's where he got his mail, parked his family if they didn't go with him into the jungle. That visit didn't overlap with SI Bailey (who left Peru in 1905). But in the summer of 1922, when both Bailey and Cannon were at Arequipa, Farrabee was also at Arequipa and he spent a few weeks recuperating from some debilitating disease, which none the less didn't stop him from swanning about. I did find some references to lantern slides made by Cannon and SIB that reference sites in Peru. But despite my best efforts, I can't swear that any of these slides come from Machu Picchu.
Temple of the Sun, Sacsaywayman, Cuzco cathedral, etc. next couple of pages https://transcription.si.edu/view/54010/ETZKv
- https://transcription.si.edu/view/54010/ETZMl and following 1924
- https://transcription.si.edu/view/54010/ETZN4 Lake Titicaca
- https://transcription.si.edu/view/54010/ETZNs
- https://transcription.si.edu/view/54010/ETZNQ
"Temple of the Sun" could be the Qoricancha. So, I don't know that Annie and/or SI ever got to MP or not.
Need to know:
- what was the state of MP by 1922?
- did Bingham think the three known observatories now were observatories then?
- was Farabee interested in visiting it?
- did Farabee actually visit with A&SI?
- Would the Peruvians have let the white guys in, knowing that Bingham stole all that stuff?
Could be a story. Could make up a story about Farabee visiting with A&SI during the summer and talking about it. Surely he would have visited it himself, especially if Bingham was long gone. Could be none of them recognized it as possible that pre-columbian observatories exist in the New World. New England stone cairns appear to be observatories as well.
- What did Bingham think? Did he believe in observatories?
Interesting thing: In his 1877 text on Peru, Squier describes Chankillo, describing the observatory there as a wall of some sort, maybe a fortification? anyway.