Maya Explorer - Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen
John Lloyd Stevens and the Lost Cities of Central America and Yucatan
KORTE INHOUD
The exciting biography of John Lloyd Stephens, "the father of American archaeology."
In his extraordinary journeys to the Yucatan and Central America more than 150 years ago, John Lloyd Stephens uncovered the ruins of an entire culture-- at that time, a civilization without a name or documented history. His books, including "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan", yielded the first glimpses of such wondrous ancient centers as Copan, Chichen Itza, Palenque, and Tulum.
Also a lawyer, diplomat, and builder of a railroad across Panama, Stephens was a true adventurer whose exploits had been all but forgotten until Victor von Hagen published this compelling biography in 1948. His narrative is enriched with Stephen's own accounts of his discoveries and the superb illustrations of Frederick Catherwood, the artist who traveled with Stephens.
In his extraordinary journeys to the Yucatan and Central America more than 150 years ago, John Lloyd Stephens uncovered the ruins of an entire culture-- at that time, a civilization without a name or documented history. His books, including "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan", yielded the first glimpses of such wondrous ancient centers as Copan, Chichen Itza, Palenque, and Tulum.
Also a lawyer, diplomat, and builder of a railroad across Panama, Stephens was a true adventurer whose exploits had been all but forgotten until Victor von Hagen published this compelling biography in 1948. His narrative is enriched with Stephen's own accounts of his discoveries and the superb illustrations of Frederick Catherwood, the artist who traveled with Stephens.
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1990 Uitgever: Chronicle Books 384 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0877017034 ISBN-13: 9780877017035Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, 324 pp., some black-and-white ill., bibliography, index, 15x23x2,5 cm, traces of use on cover, in very good condition. [Auteur: Hagen, Victor Wolfgang von] [Uitgever: Chronicle Books/University of Oklahoma Press: Sam Francisco, 1990 (first paperback edition, original edition 1947)] [Titel: Maya Explorer: John Lloyd Stephens and the lost Cities of Central America and Yucatán]
