Bibliograph

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

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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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jungle of stone

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

912382515

Responsibility statement

William Carlsen

Sub title

the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya

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

Table Of Contents

Part One. Expedition. South, 1839 ; Upriver ; Mico Mountain ; Passport ; Monkeys like the wind -- Stephens -- Part Two. Politics. Ruins ; Carrera ; War ; Malaria ; Crisis at hand ; Reunion -- Catherwood -- part Three. Archaeology. Journey into the past ; Palenque ; Uxmal ; "Magnificent" ; Yucatán ; London ; Discoveries ; Chichén Itzá ; Tuloom ; Home -- The Maya -- Part Four. Friends. Views of ancient monuments ; Steam ; Panama ; Crossing the Isthmus ; Together again ; Missing

Target audience

adult

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