Incidents of Travel in Yucatan

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Incidents of Travel in Yucatan is a 19th-century travel narrative and archaeological work by John Lloyd Stephens that documents his explorations of ancient Maya ruins in the Yucatán Peninsula.

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instanceOf archaeological work
non-fiction book
travel book
author John Lloyd Stephens
centuryOfPublication 19th century
countryOfOrigin United States
describes explorations of Maya archaeological sites
describesSite Chichén Itzá
Kabáh
linked to: Kabah

Labná
Mayapán
Sayil
Uxmal
documents Maya architecture
Maya cities
Maya inscriptions
Maya sculpture
ancient Maya ruins
follows Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
genre archaeology
travel literature
hasFormat two-volume book
hasIllustrationsBy Frederick Catherwood
hasPart Volume I of Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
Volume II of Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
historicalContext early exploration of Maya sites before systematic archaeology
illustrator Frederick Catherwood
influenced public interest in Mesoamerican archaeology
subsequent Maya studies
libraryOfCongressClassification F1435
literaryForm first-person narrative
mediaType print
notableFor detailed engravings of Maya monuments
early documentation of Maya ruins
numberOfVolumes 2
originalLanguage English
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1843
publisher Harper & Brothers
relatedWork Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
settingLocation Mexico
Yucatán Peninsula
subject Maya civilization
Mesoamerican archaeology
Yucatán Peninsula
timePeriodDescribed 19th century

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John Lloyd Stephens notableWork Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan hasPart Volume II of Incidents of Travel in Yucatan
linked to: Incidents of Travel in Yucatan