The Ancient Cities of the New World: Being Travels and Explorations in Mexico and Central America From 1857-1882

· 1915

Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See https://archive.org/details/cu31924020427823 When the Minister of Public Instruction entrusted me with the study of the Ancient American Civilisations, you wished to become associated with my labours in a truly munificent spirit. You will find in the following pages the result of my discoveries, which, you are aware, were attended with perfect success. I strove, during the progress of these studies, to carry out the programme laid down by you towards the reconstruction of civilisations that have passed away. I think I have succeeded; and I hope to have sufficiently demonstrated that these civilisatio…

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