Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan

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"Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan" is a classic 19th-century travel narrative and archaeological account in which John Lloyd Stephens, with illustrations by Frederick Catherwood, documents his explorations of ancient Maya sites in Mesoamerica.

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instanceOf 19th-century book ⓘ
archaeological account ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
travel book ⓘ
author John Lloyd Stephens ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts Copán ⓘ
Palenque ⓘ
Uxmal ⓘ
ancient Maya ruins ⓘ
other Maya archaeological sites ⓘ
describes colonial-era towns and landscapes in Mesoamerica ⓘ
indigenous communities of Central America ⓘ
fieldOfWork Mesoamerican studies ⓘ
genre archaeology literature ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasFormat book ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Frederick Catherwood ⓘ
hasSequel Incidents of Travel in Yucatan ⓘ
hasSubject archaeological discovery ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
travel narrative ⓘ
historicalContext early exploration of Maya ruins by foreigners ⓘ
illustratedBy Frederick Catherwood ⓘ
illustrator Frederick Catherwood ⓘ
influenced development of Mesoamerican archaeology ⓘ
public awareness of Maya civilization in the 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian era ⓘ
mainSubject Central America ⓘ
Chiapas ⓘ
Maya civilization ⓘ
Mesoamerican archaeology ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor accurate architectural drawings of Maya sites ⓘ
detailed narrative of exploration ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
publicationDate 1841 ⓘ
publisher Harper & Brothers ⓘ
setting Guatemala ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed 1839–1840 ⓘ
writtenBy John Lloyd Stephens ⓘ

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Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan → relatedWork → Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan ⓘ
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