JOHN L. STEPHENS

This is the complete edition, Volumes I and II in one single book. This edition also is fully illustrated and contains an introduction about how this book really was written.In his "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan," the author intimated his intention to make a more thorough exploration of the ruins of the latter country. That intention has since been carried into effect, and the following pages are the result. They describe, as the author has reason to believe, the most extensive journey ever made by a stranger in that peninsula, and contain the account of visits to forty-four ruined cities, or places in which remains or vestiges of ancient population were found. The existence of most of these ruins was entirely unknown to the residents of the capital;-but few had ever been visited by white inhabitants;-they were desolate, and overgrown with trees. For a brief space the stillness that reigned around them was broken, and they were again left to solitude and silence. Time and the elements are hastening them to utter destruction. In a few generations, great edifices, their façades covered with sculptured ornaments, already cracked and yawning, must fall, and become mere shapeless mounds. It has been the fortune of the author to step between them and the entire destruction to which they are destined; and it is his hope to snatch from oblivion these perishing, but still gigantic memorials of a mysterious people. The descriptions are accompanied by full illustrations from Daguerreotype views and drawings taken on the spot by Mr. Catherwood, and the engravings were executed under his personal superintendence.This edition comes fully illustrated with lots of drawings and maps.

Volume 1 of 2-volume set. Classic (1843) exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidences of Maya civilization. Extensive accounts of 44 Maya sites as well as of Yucatan folkways, manners, dress, ceremonies, amusements -- all of which makes this a great travel book. Total in set: 127 engravings. 1 map.

First published in 1843, this collaboration by a lawyer and an artist has become a travel classic.

El explorador John L. Stephens organizó un viaje por Yucatán después de una expedición por el Cercano Oriente. En su segunda travesía, acompañado del arquitecto Frederick Catherwood -de quien son los grabados que ilustran el libro-, Stephens se sumergio en selvas hostiles plagadas de alimañas para dirigir la atencion de Occidente a la civilizacion maya.

Volume 2 of two-volume set. Classic (1843) exploration of jungles of Yucatan, looking for evidences of Maya civilization. Extensive accounts of 44 Maya sites as well as of Yucatan folkways, manners, dress, ceremonies, amusements--all of which makes this a great travel book. Total in set: 127 engravings. 1 map.

Viaje a Yucatan a fines de 1841 y principios de 1842. Consideraciones sobre los usos, costumbres y vida social de este pueblo, y examen y descripcion de las vastas ruinas de ciudades americanas que e

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