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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (Abridged)
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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (Abridged) Paperback - 1996

by Stephens, John Lloyd

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A lively, eloquent guide to the Maya ruins of Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, as entertaining today as when it was first published in 1843, Stephens' guide recounts his two trips made to the region between 1839 and 1842. Now published in a single-volume edition, Incidents of Travel in Yucatan captures for the modern reader and traveler the excitement of archaeological exploration and discovery. 85 photos. 11 drawings.

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Smithsonian Books, 3/17/1996. First Thus. paperback. Like New. 7x0x10. LIKE NEW!!! Has a red or black remainder mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages.
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  • Title Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (Abridged)
  • Author Stephens, John Lloyd
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Thus
  • Condition New
  • Pages 286
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Smithsonian Books, Washington DC
  • Date 3/17/1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # RH-PB39-LN-1560986514
  • ISBN 9781560986515 / 1560986514
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.88 x 7.04 x 0.61 in (25.10 x 17.88 x 1.55 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Cultural Region: Mexican
  • Library of Congress subjects Mayas - Antiquities, Yucatan (Mexico: State) - Antiquities
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95021801
  • Dewey Decimal Code 972

From the publisher

John Lloyd Stephens was an American explorer whose reports on long-forgotten Mayan ruins in Central America caused a resurgence of popular and scholarly interest in the ancient people.

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Media reviews

“Perhaps the most interesting book of travel ever published.”—Edgar Allen Poe

“Through Stephens’s eyes, readers see Yucatan villages of 150 years ago, when Indians used cacao beans instead of money in their marketplaces; a Catholic/indigenous hybrid funeral that seems no more barbaric than the crude medical treatments rendered by another of Stephens’s travel companions, Dr. Cabot, on their Mayan guides. One of the first to acknowledge that indigenous Americans might have built the great American pyramids and temples, not Egyptians, Greeks or one of the lost tribes of Israel, Stephens voiced a rare, nonjudgmental viewpoint in a time when European cultural elitism was the unquestioned norm. Not just a curiosity for archeology buffs or cultural studies types, this is also an informative, intriguing guide for armchair travelers.”—Publishers Weekly

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 04/15/1996, Page 61

About the author

John Lloyd Stephens was an American explorer whose reports on long-forgotten Mayan ruins in Central America caused a resurgence of popular and scholarly interest in the ancient people.