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Book Title: Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 1.8in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: John Lloyd Stephens
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Central America
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Travel
Item Weight: 36.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 824 Pages
