In the shadow of Charnay
Subtitle: the federal inspector for archaeology in México : Lorenzo Pérez Castro
By: Adam T. Sellen
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Colección Sextante. Serie viajeros -- 10; Colección Sextante -- 6.
Published: 2021
Language: spa
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9786073044882
Subjects: Travel; Cultural property; Protection; History; Archaeology; Indians of Mexico; Antiquities; Description and travel; Archéologie; Aspect politique; Indiens d'Amérique; Antiquités; Descriptions et voyages
Other titles: Federal inspector for archaeology in Mexico :
Description: "This book is about two men (Claude Joseph Désiré Charnay (France 1828-1915) and Mexican engineer Lorenzo Pérez Castro) whose destinies were intertwined in a celebrated archaeological adventure of the 19th century known as the Franco-American expedition. Te expedition traversed thousands of miles in Mexico and was led by the French explorer, photographer, and writer Désiré Charnay, famous for his spectacular photographic images and illustrated books. Accompanying him was Lorenzo Pérez Castro, a highly decorated military engineer, who was assigned to the mission by the government of Mexico as an inspector. Pérez Castro's exceptional career, and life, would end with a bullet in the back. In the pages that follow I tell the inspector's story from the perspective of an oficial diary he made of his travels with Charnay, a document nestled in an archival in Mexico that is a vivid testament to the Franco-American expedition of 1880-1881" --Page 9.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169).

In English.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Chapter 1: Te contract; title: Chapter 2. Lorenzo Pérez Castro: A life in the military; title: Chapter 3. Two narratives of one trip; title: Conclusion; title: Chronology; title: Appendix 1. Contract signed between the government of Mexico and Désiré Charnay, 1 July 1880; title: Appendix 2. Diary of Désiré Charnay's archaeological commission written by the engineer Lorenzo Pérez Castro; title: Appendix 3. Inventories (August and September 1880); title: Appendix 4. Charnay's correspondence with the ministry of Public Instruction.