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Jungle of stone : the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya / William Carlsen.

Carlsen, William, 1945- (author.).

Summary:

In 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Central America reached two of the world's most intrepid travelers. Seized by the reports, American diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwood--both already celebrated for their adventures in Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece, and Rome--sailed together out of New York Harbor on an expedition into the forbideding rainforests of present-day Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. What they found would rewrite the West's understanding of human history.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062407399
ISBN: 0062407392
Physical Description: xv, 528 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates ; illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-515) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- Prologue -- 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" -- Yucat©Øan -- London -- Discoveries -- Chich©Øen Itz©Øa -- Tuloom -- Home -- The Maya -- Part Four. Friends. Views of ancient monuments -- Steam -- Panama -- Crossing the isthmus -- Together again -- Missing -- Epilogue.