1843 2v MAYANS Maya ARCHAEOLOGY Yucatan MEXICO Central AMERICAN History INDIANS

Description: Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan [VOLS I-III] Stephens, John Lloyd. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1843. Twelfth Edition. John Lloyd Stephens' account of his second exploration of the ruined remains of the Maya civilization in the Yucatan. The author first published "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan" in 1841. This work is the author's more thorough exploration of the ruins of the Yucatan. The Preface explains that the pages herein "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." Illustrated by 120 extraordinary engravings by Frederick Catherwood, the British illustrator and archaeologist who accompanied Stephens on his expedition. A classic travel narrative of the Yucatan, and one which would spur popular and scholarly interest in the area. Leather set features gilt bands, black leather and gilt title labels, numbers over leather. Hinges intact. A few plates lacking including a big portion of the folding map, but most plates are present. Signed upper endpapers from Sodus NY library else unmarked (see below). Some chips, stains and light to the leather, else great shape. Vols are 7.5" x 5.5" or so in size. Good luck! Owner: Asaph Andrews Birth 22 Apr 1788 Massachusetts, USA Death 11 Jun 1859 (aged 71) Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Burial Mountain View Cemetery Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

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