Among the Maya ruins
Subtitle: the adventures of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood
By: by Ann and Myron Sutton.
Contributors: Sutton, Myron.
Publisher: Rand McNally
Published: 1967
Place of publication: [Chicago]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Stephens, John Lloyd, -- 1805-1852; Catherwood, Frederick; Mayas -- Antiquities; Central America -- Description and travel
Description: Describes the adventures of a lawyer and an artist sent to Central America on a secret mission by President Van Buren in 1839. Their discovery and exploration of Mayan ruins soon made secondary the original official purpose of the trip.
Notes: 73087

Bibliography: p. 203-204.