William Carlsen
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La imperdible odisea de los precursores de la arqueología maya
En 1839 los rumores sobre unas extraordinarias ruinas de piedra enterradas en las selvas de Centroamérica llegaron a oídos de dos de los exploradores más intrépidos del mundo.
Cautivados por las noticias, el diplomático norteamericano John Lloyd Stephens y el artista británico Frederick Catherwood —ambos ya conocidos por sus aventuras en Egipto, Tierra Santa, Grecia y Roma—...
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HarperCollins
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2016
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English
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The acclaimed chronicle of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya. Includes the history of the major Maya sites, including Palenque, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tuloom, Copan, and more.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Illustrated with a map and more than 100 images.
In 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Central America reached two of the world's
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2016]
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English
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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.