Edition |
First edition |
ISBN |
9780062407399 (hardcover) : $28.99 |
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0062407392 (hardcover) : $28.99 |
Descript |
xv, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
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
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Stephens, John L., 1805-1852
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Archaeological expeditions -- Mexico
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Archaeological expeditions -- Central America
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Explorers -- Mexico -- Biography
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Explorers -- Central America -- Biography
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Mayas -- Antiquities
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