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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Velasquez, Pedro.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of Central America.
- Aztecs.
- Central America--Antiquities.
- Central America.
- Central America--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (35 p. ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Memoir of an eventful expedition in Central America
- Place of Publication:
- New York : E.F. Applegate, printer, 1850.
- Notes:
- "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.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 98812.
- OCLC:
- 12
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