Ancient America in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. BaldwinHarper Brothers, 1872 - 299 Seiten |
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... land extending into Lake Supe- rior , and described as having the shape of an immense horn . It is about eighty miles in length , and , at the place where it joins the main land , about forty - five miles in width . All through this ...
... land extending into Lake Supe- rior , and described as having the shape of an immense horn . It is about eighty miles in length , and , at the place where it joins the main land , about forty - five miles in width . All through this ...
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... land " Cape Cotoche , " and it is called so still . At that time the country was occupied by the people still known as Mayas . They all spoke the same lan- guage , which was one of a closely related family of tongues spoken in Guatemala ...
... land " Cape Cotoche , " and it is called so still . At that time the country was occupied by the people still known as Mayas . They all spoke the same lan- guage , which was one of a closely related family of tongues spoken in Guatemala ...
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... land is supposed to have been effected by some tremendous convulsion of nature ; and there is appeal to recollections of such a catastro- phe , said to have been preserved in the old books of Central America , and also in those of Egypt ...
... land is supposed to have been effected by some tremendous convulsion of nature ; and there is appeal to recollections of such a catastro- phe , said to have been preserved in the old books of Central America , and also in those of Egypt ...
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... land , and here arose the first civilization of mankind , which flourished many ages , until at length this extend- ed portion of the continent was ingulfed by a tremen- dous convulsion of nature , or by a succession of such convulsions ...
... land , and here arose the first civilization of mankind , which flourished many ages , until at length this extend- ed portion of the continent was ingulfed by a tremen- dous convulsion of nature , or by a succession of such convulsions ...
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... land was shaken by frightful earthquakes , and the waves of the sea combined with volcanic fires to over- whelm and ingulf it . " Each convulsion swept away por- tions of the land , until the whole disappeared , leaving the line of the ...
... land was shaken by frightful earthquakes , and the waves of the sea combined with volcanic fires to over- whelm and ingulf it . " Each convulsion swept away por- tions of the land , until the whole disappeared , leaving the line of the ...
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ages amautas Ancient America ancient history antiquity appears Atlantic Aztecs Brasseur de Bourbourg builders building built called Casa Central America Chichen-Itza Chichimecs civilization coast Colhuas communities Conquest continent Copan copper Cortez covered Crown 8vo Cuzco described discovered edifices Edition Egypt Eirek Europe existed explored extended Fcap feet high feet long Figure forest Greenland hewn stone Huayna Capac hundred Iceland Illustrations important Incas inclosure inhabitants inscriptions island Kabah known Lake Titicaca land Malays Mayapan Mayas Mexican Mexico and Central Mitla Montesinos monuments Mound-Builders mounds Nahuas native ocean Ohio old books old city old ruins older original ornaments Pacific palaces Palenque period Peru Peruvian Phoenicians preserved Pueblos pyramidal Quichés race region remains sailed says sculptured seen settlements Small post 8vo Spaniards Spanish structures summit supposed temple terrace tion Toltecs traditions Uxmal Valley Vinland vols voyage walls wild Indians writing Xibalba Yucatan