Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya / William Carlsen.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062407399 :
- 0062407392
- 972.81/0160922Â BÂ 23
- F1435Â .C3157 2016
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Book | Chanute Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Chanute Public Library | Adult Books | 972.81 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34316002448348 | ||
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-515) and index.
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.
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.
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