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Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan (Volume 2) Paperback – Illustrated, June 1, 1969

by John L. Stephens (Author)

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"The ground was entirely new; there were no guide-books or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed the face of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a sculptured corner of which protruded from the earth. I leaned over with breathless anxiety while the Indians worked, and an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed."
Few explorers have had the experience of uncovering a civilization almost entirely unknown to the world. But Stephen's two expeditions to Mexico and Central America in 1839 and 1841 yielded the first solid information on the culture of the Maya Indians. In this work, and in his other masterpiece Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, he tells the story of his travels to some 50 ruined Mayan cities.
In this book, he describes the excitement of exploring the magnificent ruined cities of Copan and Palenque, and his briefer excursions to Quirigua, Patinamit, Utatlan, Gueguetenango, Ocosingo, and Uxmal. For all these cities, his details are so accurate that more recent explorers used the book as a Baedeker to locate ruins forgotten by even the Indians.
In addition to being a great book on archaeological discovery, Stephen's work is also a great travel book. Telling of journeying by mule back on narrow paths over unimaginable deep ravines, through sloughs of mud and jungles of heavy vegetation, describing dangers of robbery, revolution, fever, mosquitoes and more exotic insects, Stephen's narrative remains penetrating and alive. His account of his attempt to buy Copan for $50 is told with the adroitness of a Mark Twain, and his descriptions of Indian life — primitive villages a few miles from the ruins, burials, treatment of the sick, customs, amusements, etc. — never lose their interest.
Frederick Catherwood's illustrations virtually double the appeal of the book. Highly exact, remarkably realistic drawings show overall views, ground plans of the cities, elevations of palaces and temples, free-standing sculpture, carved hieroglyphics, stucco bas-reliefs, small clay figures, and interior details.

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Dover Publications
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June 1, 1969
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0486224058
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978-0486224053
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Illustrated edition (June 1, 1969)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 544 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486224058
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486224053
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.46 x 1.08 x 8.48 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,042,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #158 in Mayan History (Books)
- #1,678 in Travel Writing Reference
- #3,301 in Travelogues & Travel Essays

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Dr. John Griffiths

An unusual book

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2022

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This book is apparently printed on demand; it is a scan or page-capture of an 1854 English edition of the original book. There are no page numbers although the word 'page' appears on almost every page. All the original illustrations are present in black & white but there's generally no captions. The trade paperback binding seems sturdy and it is bigger than your usual paperback, measuring 8 1/2 X 11 inches and an inch and a quarter thick. For $20 you get all of John Lloyd Stephens inimitable prose and that is a bargain!

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Jorge P. Elias

One of the greatest travel books of all time and one that brought a "lost" culture to world attention

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2013

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This is Stephens' and Catherwood 's classic account of the ruins that lay abandoned in the wilds of Central America and Southern Mexico for over a millennium. It not only makes for a fascinating read in and of itself (describing not only the ruined cities, but also the customs of the inhabitants of the area, the political situation and providing a very vivid window into Western mentality regarding exotic cultures at the time, among many other things), but it happened to be the book that placed the Maya in the Western public's awareness for the first time, and also the trigger for the systematic study of this important ancient civilization.
While Stephens is not an archaeologist (a profession that almost didn't exist at the time), he has a fine eye for detail and deduction and reaches many conclusions that continue to stand to this day (i.e., that all the ruins he visited were the product of the same culture and that their age was not as great as some had stated in great flights of fancy).
Aside from that, Stephens is an entertaining, agile writer, so much so that even people who do not have a special interest in the Maya or ancient cultures will enjoy this fascinating book, which turned out to be a bestseller in its day, providing Stephens with a handsome return on his uncomfortable and (at times) dangerous adentures.
By the way, it is the first of two books, having published a chronicle on a second journey of his, undertaken 2 years after the first, this time dealing only with the ruins in the Yucatan peninsula.

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An Early Look at the Mayan Ruins

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2012

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President Van Buren sent the author on a mission to Central America in the 1840's to establish diplomatic relations with the government of the newly independent state of Guatemala. Due to a power struggle there, Stephens could find no government and spent a lot of time evading the two warring armies. Reporting on that situation, is somewhat interesting, but when Stephens and his traveling companion become engaged in exploring the ruins of ancient Mayan cities, the narrative gets really fascinating. At that time, little if anything was known about the complex civilization and the massive monuments that were then being subsumed by lush jungle growth. Stephens is a talented writer, and, though he is unable to understand the meanings of the glyphs they encounter, he does stimulate sufficient curiosity to attract others to follow in his footsteps.

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John Walzer

classic book, no illustrations

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2011

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This classic account of John Lloyd Stephens' journey through Central America and Mexico in the 1830s has never been cheaper, but at the "cost" of missing the Catherwood illustrations. What do you want for 99 cents, I know. The text was obviously scanned but not proofed as there are numerous typos. Despite its faults, Stephens' indomitable spirit--persisting through revolution, horrendous roads, stubborn animals, malevolent natives, and the political convulsions endemic to the region--can only leave lesser mortals in awe.

Note that this is Vol. 2, and Vol. 1 is not available on Kindle at this time. Vol. 2 opens in the midst of a revolution in Central America, and Stephens refers to characters and events assuming the reader is already familiar with them. Once past the first few chapters, though, we are carried along by unfolding events.

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Larrry P

Ackerman's edition of Travels in Yucatan

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2012

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For those interested in ancient Mesoamerica,Karl Ackerman has done an excellent job of editing the original two volume edition in oder to produce a single volume that preserves the essential information about Mesoamerica found in the original edition.He has also included many modern and historical photographs that add to the original Catherwood engravings and enhance the readers ability to view and enjoy the oringal text. He has also included valuable historical data about Stephens (absent in the original) that detail how Stephens insight into the function and purpose of the engravings has been shown to be more correct than those proposed by early investigators of these cultures.

The tightening of the prose and the absence of trivia makes this book a joy to read and I highly reccomend it to all those like me who are fascinated by the great cultures that existed on the American continent long before the Europeans arrived.

Larry Poulsen

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Calvin A. Roesner

An Enduring Tale

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2009

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John Lloyd Stephens recounting of his travels in Central America continues to fascinate -- even after 170 years. As one of the first modern explorers of the area and it's significant Mayan ruins, his stories provide an insightful and entertaining look into the tumultuous times of the mid 1800's in that locale. Catherwood's detailed illustrations give visual support to the magic and mystery of their discoveries. This book is a must for the affcionado of Central America, of Maya history or of valiant explorers who came not to conquer but to discover.

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The context.

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2020

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To have viewed and experienced Central America at that time is history is a window into the mindset of today. The descriptions of the tribulations and triumphs are precise and colorful. John L. Stephens is a giant, though not the first, to bring the world of Mesoamerica into the history of the Americas.

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Beverley Blount

John L. Stephens - genius

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2017

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All of his books are outstanding! No wonder they are still fascinating over 150 years later. I gave them to all my family for Christmas. It's important to get the old Dover publications because the newer ones are not faithful to the original as disgracefully they have been PC'd.
It's tragic that he died young and his collection of artifacts were lost when his ship burned in the NY harbor.

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Gregory D

Kindle edition has no photos or illustrations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 1, 2021

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Really enjoyed the book but the absence of illustrations or photos in the kindle edition really diminished the experience.

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Uncle Fester

Although nicely bound, this is a poor quality photocopy of ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2015

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Although nicely bound, this is a poor quality photocopy of an original book, with many blurred or blank pages, and most of the engravings are very poor quality or missing completely.
I have returned my copy.

Danny kolo

terrible quality illustrations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 6, 2018

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terrible quality pictures, these are photographic copies, they did not understand what Mr.Catherwood's works were important, he made it with a special technique

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Ricardo

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 16, 2016

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A great historical document.

Les Dawson

Great book with much detail but no illustrations whatsoever.

Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2022

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