Jungle of stone
Subtitle: the true story of two men, their extraordinary journey, and the discovery of the lost civilization of the Maya
By: William Carlsen
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9780062407399
Subjects: Archaeological expeditions; Mayas; Antiquities; Biography; Explorers
Description: Documents the true story of the nineteenth-century rediscovery of the Mayan civilization by American ambassador John Lloyd Stephens and British architect Frederick Catherwood, illuminating how their findings profoundly changed Western understandings about human history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-515) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Expedition. South, 1839 ; Upriver ; Mico Mountain ; Passport ; Monkeys like the wind; title: Stephens; title: Part Two. Politics. Ruins ; Carrera ; War ; Malaria ; Crisis at hand ; Reunion; title: Catherwood; title: part Three. Archaeology. Journey into the past ; Palenque ; Uxmal ; "Magnificent" ; Yucatán ; London ; Discoveries ; Chichén Itzá ; Tuloom ; Home; title: The Maya; title: Part Four. Friends. Views of ancient monuments ; Steam ; Panama ; Crossing the Isthmus ; Together again ; Missing.