Incidents Travel C Amer Chiapas Pb

An instant bestseller when first published in 1841, Stephens' work--along with Catherwood's drawings--continues to draw readers who want to see the ruins of Copan, Quirigua, Palenque, and Uxmal as they first saw them on muleback over 150 years ago. This new edition adds a selection of historical and modern photographs--most never before published. 80 illustrations. Line drawings.

Excerpt from Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan IN preparing the present Work for publication in a cheap form, and which, although it has been favourably received by the British Public, has never before been printed in England, I have not omitted any of the Illustrations which appear in the American Edition, and have given some additional ones, which are now published for the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.