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.
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
Velasquez, Pedro, Stephens, John L.,
ResumoThe Spanish original and its author are fictitious; cf. . "Profile illustrations from Central American ruins, of ancient races still existing in Iximaya": p. [3]-[4] -- "Memoir of a recent eventful expedition in Central America" [purporting to be an abridgment with translated extracts of the journal kept by Velasquez, who supposedly accompanied Huertis and Hammond, the promoters of the expedition]: p. [5]-35. "Iximaya" is claimed to be the traditional Indian city referred to by John L. Stephens' "Incidents and travel in Central America ...", New York, 1841, v. 2, p. 195-197. Title within ornamental border. Book.
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