John Lloyd Stephens
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John Lloyd Stephens was a 19th-century American explorer and writer renowned for his pioneering documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Central America and Mexico.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John Lloyd Stephens canonical | 13 |
| John Lloyd Stephens (reported region) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1402667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Lloyd Stephens Context triple: [Palenque, earlyExplorer, John Lloyd Stephens]
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A.
Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham was an American explorer and academic best known for bringing international attention to the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the early 20th century.
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B.
Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British explorer and archaeologist famed for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and his mysterious disappearance while searching for a lost ancient city.
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C.
David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
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D.
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier was a Swiss-American archaeologist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of Indigenous cultures and ancient ruins in the American Southwest and Mexico.
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E.
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss explorer and orientalist best known for rediscovering the ancient city of Petra and other significant archaeological sites in the Middle East in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Lloyd Stephens Target entity description: John Lloyd Stephens was a 19th-century American explorer and writer renowned for his pioneering documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Central America and Mexico.
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A.
Hiram Bingham
Hiram Bingham was an American explorer and academic best known for bringing international attention to the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu in the early 20th century.
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B.
Percy Fawcett
Percy Fawcett was a British explorer and archaeologist famed for his expeditions into the Amazon rainforest and his mysterious disappearance while searching for a lost ancient city.
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C.
David Livingstone
David Livingstone was a 19th-century Scottish missionary and explorer renowned for his extensive travels in Africa and his influential role in mapping and documenting the continent for Europeans.
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D.
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier
Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier was a Swiss-American archaeologist and ethnologist known for his pioneering studies of Indigenous cultures and ancient ruins in the American Southwest and Mexico.
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E.
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss explorer and orientalist best known for rediscovering the ancient city of Petra and other significant archaeological sites in the Middle East in the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
diplomat
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ lawyer ⓘ travel writer ⓘ |
| burialPlace | New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | liver disease ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Frederick Catherwood ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1805-11-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1852-10-13 ⓘ |
| described |
Maya site of Chichén Itzá
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linked to:
Chichén Itzá
Maya site of Copán ⓘ Maya site of Palenque ⓘ
linked to:
Palenque
Maya site of Uxmal ⓘ
linked to:
Uxmal
|
| educatedAt |
Columbia College
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linked to:
Columbia University
Litchfield Law School ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Stephens ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Maya archaeology
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Mesoamerican studies ⓘ |
| fullName | John Lloyd Stephens ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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travel literature ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent archaeological exploration of Maya sites ⓘ |
| knownFor |
detailed descriptions of Maya archaeological sites
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popularizing interest in Maya civilization in the 19th century ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableFor | pioneering documentation of ancient Maya ruins ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomat
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explorer ⓘ lawyer ⓘ travel writer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Shrewsbury, New Jersey, United States
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linked to:
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
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linked to:
New York City
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| positionHeld |
United States chargé d'affaires to the Federal Republic of Central America
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president of the Ocean Steam Navigation Company ⓘ |
| religion | Episcopalian ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
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linked to:
New York City
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| traveledTo |
Central America
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Mexico ⓘ Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: John Lloyd Stephens