Title: Memoir of an eventful expedition in Central America; resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya, in an unexplored region
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Full title:</b> Memoir of an eventful expedition in Central America; resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya, in an unexplored region: and the possession of two remarkable Aztec children, Descendants and Specimens of the Sacerdotal Caste (now nearly extinct,) of the Ancient Aztec Founders of the Ruined Temples of that Country, described by John L. Stevens, Esq., and other travellers. Translated from the Spanish of Pedro Velasquez, of San Salvador. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 8vo. pp. 35. Original pictorial wrappers. Contains illustrations. Title page within ornamental borders.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;">A completely fictitious travel narrative. According to J. Sabin (A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York, 1936, vol. 26, 98812), one of three editions published in 1850. See R. J. Howgego, Encyclopedia of exploration: invented and apocryphal narratives of travel. Potts Point, New South Wales, 2013, V4.
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