Title: Among the Maya ruins
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.
Subjects: Antiquities, Mayas, Description and travel
Places: Central America, Yucatán (Mexico : State)
People: Frederick Catherwood, John Lloyd Stephens (1805-1852)