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In July of 1911,
在1911年七月，
a 35-year-old Yale graduate and professor set out from his rainforest camp with his team.
一名35歲的耶魯畢業生兼教授，和他的團隊一起從雨林營地出發。
After climbing a steep hill and wiping the sweat from his brow,
翻越了陡峭的山丘，擦去額頭的滴滴汗珠后，
he described what he saw beneath him.
他描述了他的俯視所見。
He saw rising from the dense rainforest foliage
透過濃密的雨林樹葉，他看到了
this incredible interlocking maze of structures built of granite, beautifully put together.
這不可思議的如迷宮般交錯連鎖的結構，它們由花崗巖建成，美麗地交織在一起。
What's amazing about this project is that it was the first funded by National Geographic
該項目的獨特之處在于，它是國家地理投資的第一個項目，
and it graced the front cover of its magazine in 1912.
同時在1912年受寵地登上了該雜志的封面。
This professor used state-of-the-art photography equipment to record the site,
這位教授使用了最先進的攝影器材來記錄這令人難忘的遺址，
forever changing the face of exploration.
就此改變了探索的面貌。
The site was Machu Picchu, discovered and explored by Hiram Bingham.
這一地點叫馬丘比丘，由海拉姆·賓厄姆發現并加以探索。
When he saw the site, he asked, "This is an impossible dream. What could it be?"
當他見到了這個地方，他問道，“這是難以實現的夢想。它將是什么呢？”
So today, 100 years later, I invite you all on an incredible journey with me, a 37-year-old Yale graduate and professor.
所以100年后的今天，我作為一名37歲的耶魯畢業生兼教授，邀請你們和我一同踏上這奇跡般的旅途。
We will do nothing less than use state-of-the-art technology to map an entire country.
我們將會使用最先進的科技來，描繪出國家的全貌。
This is a dream started by Hiram Bingham, but we are expanding it to the world,
這一夢想是由海拉姆·賓厄姆來編織的，但我們將把這夢想撒向全世界。
making archaeological exploration more open, inclusive, and at a scale simply not previously possible.
使得考古勘探更加包容開放，達到了未曾企及的高度。
