Exploration & Journeys
Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Vol. 1
John Lloyd Stephens
2026
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He was sent as a diplomat to a country that had ceased to exist, so he went looking for ruined cities instead. Stephens travelled Central America in 1839 through revolutions and mule tracks and walked into Copan, which he then bought outright for fifty dollars. The first volume of the greatest archaeological travel book ever written, and it is also very funny.
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25 chapters
- 1Arrival at Balize; A Visit to the Carib Indians44m
- 2Perils by the Way; A well-spiced Lunch45m
- 3How to roast a Fowl; How to gain a Husband41m
- 4Arrest; Imprisonment35m
- 5The State of Honduras; Village of Copan36m
- 6First View of the Ruins; Thoughts of Buying Copan32m
- 7Commencement of Explorations; Buying a City35m
- 8Tablets of Hieroglyphics; Idols Originally Painted34m
- 9Antiquity of Copan; Separation31m
- 10Esquipulas; A Death Scene36m
- 11Murder of Vice-President Flores; Political State of Guatemala40m
- 12Lazoing; Taking the Black Veil35m
- 13Farewell of the Nun; Carrera Heads the Insurgents38m
- 14Interview with Carrera; His Character37m
- 15Party to Mixco; A Night Brawl34m
- 16Volcano de Agua; Cultivation of Cochineal38m
- 17Arrival at the Pacific; A Roving American37m
- 18Arrival of Mr. Catherwood; New Year's Day31m
- 19Hunt for a Government; Attack of Fever and Ague36m
- 20Visit to the Volcano of Izalco; Sickness and Mutiny36m
- 21Zillenthal Patent Self-acting Cold Amalgamation Machine; Coffee Plantations of San Jose38m
- 22View of the Two Seas; Departure for Guatemala35m
- 23Herds of Deer; An Earthquake34m
- 24Belle of Guanacaste; Route of the Great Canal38m
- 25Survey for the Canal; Horrors of Civil War36m
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