The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF MEXICO

CHAPTER II MEXICO CITY AND THE MEXICANS

CHAPTER III YUCATAN AND HER HISTORY

CHAPTER IV FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF YUCATAN

CHAPTER V A YUCATECAN BREAKFAST, AND OTHER "SIGHTS"

CHAPTER VI AMID THE PALACES OF THE ITZAS

CHAPTER VII VALLADOLID AND AFTER

CHAPTER VIII IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CORTES

CHAPTER IX EL MECO TO PUERTO MORELOS

CHAPTER X IN SEARCH OF THE MAYAN MECCA

CHAPTER XI ON THE SOUTHERN SIERRAS

CHAPTER XII COPAN AND QUIRIGUA

CHAPTER XIII PALENQUE, MENCHE, AND ON THE USUMACINTA

CHAPTER XIV THE ANCIENT MAYANS

CHAPTER XV WHO WERE THE MAYANS?

CHAPTER XVI WHO WERE AMERICA'S FIRST ARCHITECTS?

CHAPTER XVII THE AGE OF THE RUINS

CHAPTER XVIII HIEROGLYPHICS AND PAINTINGS

CHAPTER XIX SLAVERY ON THE HACIENDAS

CHAPTER XX YUCATAN AS IT IS TO-DAY AND THE YUCATECANS

CHAPTER XXI THE GREEN GOLD OF YUCATAN

CHAPTER XXII FLORA AND FAUNA

INDEX


A MAYAN INDIAN.
[Frontispiece.]

THE
AMERICAN EGYPT

A RECORD OF TRAVEL IN YUCATAN
BY
CHANNING ARNOLD
AND
FREDERICK J. TABOR FROST
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MAP AND PLANS
LONDON
HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW
1909


To
ALICE ALTHEA ARNOLD


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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