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Title Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. |
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Published, Date John Murray, London,1842 |
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Description New edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., 424; 474pp., numerous engravinigs, many full-page, scattered light foxing, contemporary half calf marbled boards,red and tan morocco lettering pieces, lightly rubbed, an attractive example. |
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Note In 1839, Stephens and Catherwood set out to explore the jungles of Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula in search of the remnants of a once-great civilization whose existence was only hinted at in the literature of the period. Together, they recorded their observations on the ancient ruins in words and sketches, publishing Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan in 1841 and the present work two years later. The illustrations, engraved from sketches and daguerreotype views taken by Catherwood, are remarkable for their accuracy; his renderings of Mayan hieroglyphic inscriptions, whose meanings were totally unknown to him, can be deciphered by modern scholars. "The wonderful structures of the race of Indians which once inhabited the peninsula of Central America are here described by pen and pencil with great clearness and minuteness" (Field, 379). |
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References Sabin 91299. Hill, 282. |
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Stock Number 86386 |
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