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UNINA9910482738403321 |
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Aslakssøn Cort <1564-1624.> |
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De natura cæli triplicis libelli tres, qvorum I. de cælo aëreo, II. de cælo sidereo, III. de cælo perpetuo, e sacrarum litterarum et præstantium philosophorum thesauris concinnati, opera Cunradi Aslachi .. [[electronic resource]] |
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Copenhagen, : Sigenæ Nassoviorum, 1597 |
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Online resource ([14], 214, [4] s.) |
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AslakssØnCort <1564-1624.> |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Reproduction of original in Det Kongelige Bibliotek / The Royal Library (Copenhagen). |
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UNINA9910785058403321 |
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Autore |
Glassman Steve |
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On the trail of the Maya explorer [[electronic resource] ] : tracing the epic journey of John Lloyd Stephens / / Steve Glassman |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Mayas - Antiquities |
Maya architecture |
Central America Description and travel |
Central America Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-275) and index. |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The John Lloyd Stephens Tour Guide; I. Landfall in Belize; 2. Punta Gorda and the Making of a Maya Explorer; 3. Back on the Trail; 4. The Río Dulce and the Mico Mountains, through Rain Forest and across Desert to Esquipulas; 5. Finding the Seat of Government or El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Finally Costa Rica; 6. Costa Rica and Passage through Honduras; 7. Copán; 8. The Guatemalan Big Apple and Utatlán; 9. Under and on Top of the Volcano; 10. A Market Bus to Wayway; 11. Chiapas; 12. Palenque; 13. Yucatán |
NotesBibliography; Index |
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A Mesoamerican travel book from two perspectives and two centuries. In 1839 John Lloyd Stephens, then 31 years old, and his traveling companion, artist Frederick Catherwood, disappeared into the vast rain forest of eastern Guatemala. They had heard rumors that remains of a civilization of incomparable artistic and cultural merit were moldering in the steamy lowland jungles. They braved Indian uprisings, road agents, heat, and biting insects to eventually encounter what is today known as the lost civilization of the Maya. In 1841 Stephens published Incidents of |
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