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Author Carlsen, William, author
Title Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya / William Carlsen
Publ&date New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
©2016
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 ADULT  972.81 Carlsen    AVAILABLE

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Edition First edition
ISBN 9780062407399 (hardcover) : $28.99
0062407392 (hardcover) : $28.99
Descript xv, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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Content Expedition. South, 1839 ; Upriver ; Mico Mountain ; Passport ; Monkeys like the wind -- Stephens -- Politics. Ruins ; Carrera ; War ; Malaria ; Crisis at hand ; Reunion -- Catherwood -- Archaeology. Journey into the past ; Palenque ; Uxmal ; "Magnificent" ; Yucatán ; London ; Discoveries ; Chichén Itzá ; Tuloom ; Home -- The Maya -- Friends. Views of ancient monuments ; Steam ; Panama ; Crossing the isthmus ; Together again ; Missing
Summary Documents the true story of the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Mayan civilization by American ambassador John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, illuminating how their findings profoundly changed Western understandings about human history
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-515) and index
Subject Catherwood, Frederick
Stephens, John L., 1805-1852
Archaeological expeditions -- Mexico
Archaeological expeditions -- Central America
Explorers -- Mexico -- Biography
Explorers -- Central America -- Biography
Mayas -- Antiquities