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John Lloyd Stephens

    November 28, 1805 – October 13, 1852

    John Lloyd Stephens was a writer and diplomat whose early career in law gave way to an insatiable desire for travel and discovery. His extensive journeys through Egypt, Greece, Turkey, and Russia inspired his first published works, which captured his experiences with literary flair. He later served as a special ambassador to Central America, where his attention turned to uncovering the Mayan civilization. His engaging accounts of his foreign adventures, rich with detail and insight, brought unfamiliar cultures to life for readers.

    Reisen in Zentralamerika und Yucatan
    Die entdeckung der alten Mayastätten
    Incidents of travel in Yucatan
    Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. Volumes One and Two
    • John Lloyd Stephens & Fredrick Catherwood explored a large part of the Maya region on two occasions, 1839 & 1841, later publishing two works that have become classics in the literature on ancient Maya cities: "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas & Yucatan", which appeared in 1841, & "Incidents of Travel in Yucatan" in 1843, both written by Stphens & illustrated by Catherwood. At that time, when the Maya culture & its archeological remains were practically unknown, these books were immediate successes, but their greatest merit is to have attracted the attention not only of the general public, but also of other explorers & archeologists, leading to a new era of investigations.--back cover

      Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. Volumes One and Two
    • Am 3. OKtober 1839 brechen John L. STephens und Frederick Catherwood zu einer Forschungsreise nach Mittelamerika auf, ohne zu ahnen, was sie an atemberaubenden Entdeckungen und gefahrlichen Abenteuern erwartet: Sie entdecken die seit fast 1000 Jahren vom Dschungel bedeckten Maya-Ruinenstadte Copán in Honduras - welche Stephens sogar kauft -, Tecpán und Utatlán in Guatemala sowie Palenque und Uxmal in Yucatán, treffen Indianer, geraten in Gefangenschaft, erleben die Kriegswirren in Guatemala, einen Waldbrand, Mangel an Lebensmitteln und Moskitoplagen, quartieren sich in den alten Palasten der Maya ein, werden beinahe zum Opfer von Alligatoren und erleiden auf der Heimreise fast den Tod durch Verdursten auf einem von Windstille gefesselten und von Haien umgebenen Schiff. DEtaillierte Zeichnungen und Karten der Mayastatten sowie deren lebendige Beschreibungen paaren sich mit dem abenteuerlichen Bericht ihrer Entdeckung und sorgen so fur ein einzigartiges Leseerlebnis.

      Die entdeckung der alten Mayastätten