Showing Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan (2 Volume Set) by John Lloyd Stephens

Paperback. Pub Date: 2010 08 Pages: 365 Publisher: Camidge. University Press John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852) was an American politician of Renowned Explorer and writer who IS FOR his pioneering research into the ancient Maya Civilisation of Central America. In 1839 Stephens was appointed a Special Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Central America (modern Belize. Honduras. Nicaragua. Guatemala and El Salvador). First published in 1841. this two-volume work is an account of his travels in 1839 and 1840. visiting and recording ancient Mayan sites. Stephens describes Copn. Palenque and forty-two other ancient sites and includes over fifty illustrations drawn by his travelling companion Frederick Catharwood (1799-1854). a professional architect. Although earlier accounts of Mayan ruins had been published. Stephens' vivid descriptions and Catharwood's meticulous drawings were ...