- Editorial:
- HARPER
- Materia:
- Estudios mayas
- ISBN:
- 978-0-06-240740-5
JUNGLE OF STONE
THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY OF JOHN L. STEPHENS AND FREDERICK CATHERWOOD, AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE LOST CIVILIZATION OF THE MAYA
WILLIAM CARLSEN
In 1839, rumors of extraordinary yet baffling stone ruins buried within the unmapped jungles of Central America reached two of the worlds most intrepid travelers. Seized by the reports, American diplomat John Lloyd Stephens and British artist Frederick Catherwoodboth already celebrated for their adventures in Egypt, the Holy Land, Greece, and Romesailed together out of New York Harbor on an expedition into the forbidding rainforests of present-day Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.