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 railroa...
1990 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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1990 Uitgever: Chronicle Books 384 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0877017034 ISBN-13: 9780877017035