Description: Dover Publications, 1963. 2 Volume Hardcover Set. This is a 1963 republication of the work first published by Harper and Brothers in 1843. Explore the wonders of the Yucatan through the eyes of John Lloyd Stephens and Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen in this 2 volume hardcover edition of "Incidents Of Travel In The Yucatan". Immerse yourself in the vivid descriptions of pre-Columbian civilizations, ancient ruins, and cultural artifacts of the Maya people. 120 engravings. Red hardcover set. Prices crossed out in Sharpie inside both front covers. Light shelfwear to covers. Solid bindings. Foldout map in the rear of Vol. I is detached from the book and has some yellowing from glue. One page has crinkle at the edge as seen in last photo, but the rest of the pages are very nice. ********************************************* In 1839, American diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood—both already celebrated for their adventures in Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece, and Rome—sailed together out of New York harbor on an expedition into the forbidding rain forests of present-day Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. The two meticulously uncovered and documented the remains of an astonishing civilization that had flourished in the Americas but was mostly unknown to popular Western civilization: the Mayans. Harper & Brothers published their discoveries in Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán (two volumes, 1841) and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán (two volumes, 1843).Written by Stephens and illustrated by Catherwood, the books immediately became a sensation, hailed by Edgar Allan Poe as “perhaps the most interesting book of travel ever published.” Stephens and Catherwood were the first to grasp the true significance of the Maya remains, understanding that their antiquity and sophistication upended the West’s assumptions about the development of civilization. They are credited with the “rediscovery” of the Mayan civilization, and the Harper brothers helped bring both their efforts and the history of the Maya to the Western world. Their work is today recognized as the birth of American archaeology.Equally as important were the detailed lithographs drawn by Catherwood, which depicted the Mayan wonders they saw, caused a storm of popular and scholarly interest, and dramatically changed their contemporaries’ view of the past. Travelogues were popular in the 1830s and ’40s, and the images included in this book helped transport readers to the exotic locales Stephens described.
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Publication Year: 1962
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Incidents Of Travel In The Yucatan
Book Series: The American Exploration And Travel Series
Author: John Lloyd Stephens, Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen
Genre: History, Travel, Anthropology, Archaeology
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Topic: Anthropology, Archaeology, Building, Culture, People, Yucatan, Maya, Mayan, Civilization, Cultural, Archaeological, Buildings, Ruin, Ruins, Artifact, Artifacts, Travel, Travelogue, Journal, Journalism, Journalist, Journalists, Anthropological, Pre-colombian, Mexico, Mexican, Ancient
