Ancient America in Notes on American Archaeology by John D. BaldwinHarper Brothers, 1872 - 299 Seiten |
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... native town was captured ; but , although Palacios tried , “ in all possible ways , " to get from the older and more intelli- gent natives some account of the origin and history of the ruined city , they could tell him nothing about it ...
... native town was captured ; but , although Palacios tried , “ in all possible ways , " to get from the older and more intelli- gent natives some account of the origin and history of the ruined city , they could tell him nothing about it ...
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... Its vast depths have never been much explored . There are ruins in it which none but wan- dering natives have ever seen , and some , perhaps , which no human foot has approached for ages . It is 94 Ancient America . Copan and Quiragua.
... Its vast depths have never been much explored . There are ruins in it which none but wan- dering natives have ever seen , and some , perhaps , which no human foot has approached for ages . It is 94 Ancient America . Copan and Quiragua.
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... native town , founded nearly a century previous to their time by a Maya prince of Itza , who , with a portion of his people , fled from Yucatan to that lonely region to escape from the disorder and blood- shed of a civil war . This was ...
... native town , founded nearly a century previous to their time by a Maya prince of Itza , who , with a portion of his people , fled from Yucatan to that lonely region to escape from the disorder and blood- shed of a civil war . This was ...
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... natives . The monuments seem older than those at Palenque , but we have only scant descriptions of them . They are sit- uated in a wild and solitary part of the country , where the natives " see as little of strangers as the Arabs about ...
... natives . The monuments seem older than those at Palenque , but we have only scant descriptions of them . They are sit- uated in a wild and solitary part of the country , where the natives " see as little of strangers as the Arabs about ...
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... natives among themselves , and this is the true name of the country . Why the Spaniards called it Yu- catan is unknown , but the name is wholly arbitrary and without reason . It is said to have arisen from an odd mistake like that which ...
... natives among themselves , and this is the true name of the country . Why the Spaniards called it Yu- catan is unknown , but the name is wholly arbitrary and without reason . It is said to have arisen from an odd mistake like that which ...
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