Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, in Two Volumes

viii, 424; vii, 474, 4 pp. Two volume set. Both volumes illustrated with engravings, fold-out map precedes text of volume one. "...describes the excitement of exploring the maginificent ruined cities of Copan and Palenque, and his briefer excursions to Quirigua, Patinamit, Utatlan, Gueguetenango, Ocosingo and Uxmal. In addition to being a great book on archaeological discovery, Stephen's work is also a great travel book. Telling of journaling by mule back on narrow paths over unimaginable deep ravines, through sloughs of mud and jungles of heavy vegetation, describing dangers of robbery, revolution, fever, mosquitoes and more exotic insects... descriptions of Indian life--primitive villages a few miles from the ruins, burials, treatment of the sick, customs, amusements, etc.... Highly exact, remarkably realistic drawings show overall views, ground plans of the cities, elevations of palaces and temples, free standing sculpture, carved hieroglyphics, stucco bas-reliefs, small clay figures, and interior details."