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Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya / William Carlsen.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062407399
ISBN: 0062407392
Physical Description: xv, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [467]-515) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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" ; Yucat©Łn ; London ; Discoveries ; Chich©♭n Itz©Ł ; Tuloom ; Home -- The Maya -- Friends. Views of ancient monuments ; Steam ; Panama ; Crossing the isthmus ; Together again ; Missing.