TY - BOOK ID - 85466236 TI - Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan. AU - Stephens, John L. AU - Catherwood, Frederick PY - 2011 SN - 0511699530 1108017282 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Stephens, John L., KW - Travel KW - Central America KW - Yucatán Peninsula KW - Description and travel. KW - Social life and customs KW - American, KW - Author of Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petrœa, and the Holy Land, KW - Incidents of travel in Egypt, Arabia Petrœa, and the Holy Land, Author of, KW - Stephens, J. L., KW - Stephens, John Lloyd, KW - Mercado Común Centroamericano countries KW - Península de Yucatán KW - Description and travel UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85466236 AB - John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852) was an American politician, explorer and writer who is renowned for his pioneering research into the ancient Maya civilisation of Central America. In 1839 Stephens was appointed a Special Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Central America (modern Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador). First published in 1841, this two-volume work is an account of his travels in 1839 and 1840, visiting and recording ancient Mayan sites. Stephens describes Copán, Palenque and forty-two other ancient sites and includes over fifty illustrations drawn by his travelling companion Frederick Catherwood (1799-1854), a professional architect. Although earlier accounts of Mayan ruins had been published, Stephens' vivid descriptions and Catherwood's meticulous drawings were far more detailed and accurate than previous reports. ER -