Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya
Title:
Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya
Author:
ISBN:
9780062407399
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xv, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Part One. Expedition. South, 1839 ; Upriver ; Mico Mountain ; Passport ; Monkeys like the wind -- Stephens -- Part Two. Politics. Ruins ; Carrera ; War ; Malaria ; Crisis at hand ; Reunion -- Catherwood -- part Three. Archaeology. Journey into the past ; Palenque ; Uxmal ; "Magnificent" ; Yucatán ; London ; Discoveries ; Chichén Itzá ; Tuloom ; Home -- The Maya -- Part Four. Friends. Views of ancient monuments ; Steam ; Panama ; Crossing the Isthmus ; Together again ; Missing.
Summary:
Documents the true story of the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Mayan civilization by American ambassador John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, illuminating how their findings profoundly changed Western understandings about human history.
