Overview of Jungle of Stone Book

Imagine the Lost City of Z, except the fabled lost jungle civilization really was found an Egypt in the Americas in which 1,500-year-old pyramids and temples were hidden in impenetrable tropical forests, along with evidence of astonishingly sophisticated art, writing, science and culture. In 1839, when John Lloyd Stephens, a dashing U.S. special ambassador to Central America and Frederick Catherwood, an acclaimed British architect and draftsman, set out into the unexplored jungles of the Yucatan, Charles Darwin was aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, the Bible was the basic template of history and most people believed the world was less than 6,000 years old. Deep in the jungles, they stumbled upon the wondrous ruins of the Mayan civilization an astonishing find that would change western understanding of human history. In Jungle of Stone, William Carlsen uncovers the rich history of the ruins as he follows Stephens and Catherwood s journey through present day Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. Drawing upon Stephens s journals and Cather s magnificent illustrations which became the bestselling book Incidents of Travel in Yucatan Carlsen artfully tells the enthralling story of two great voyagers and the world they discovered.

• Book Type :

Humanities

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

• ISBN - 10 :

0062407392

• Jungle of Stone Published On :

30 Jun 2016

• Resource:

Textbooks, Humanities Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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