A Glimpse at Guatemala / And Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America

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PREFACE.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

LIST OF MAPS AND PLANS.

ERRATA.

CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE.

CHAPTER II. THE CITY.

CHAPTER III. THE START.

CHAPTER IV. ANTIGUA.

CHAPTER V. THE VOLCANOES.

CHAPTER VI. THE ROAD TO GODINES.

CHAPTER VII. THE LAKE OF ATITLAN.

CHAPTER VIII. THE QUICHES AND CACHIQUELS. (BY A. P. M.)

CHAPTER IX. ACROSS THE ALTOS.

CHAPTER X. USPANTAN AND THE RIO NEGRO.

CHAPTER XI. COBAN AND THE VERA PAZ.

CHAPTER XII. RUINS AT RABINAL. (BY A. P. M.)

CHAPTER XIII. THE ROAD TO ZACAPA AND COPAN.

CHAPTER XIV. COPAN.

CHAPTER XV. COPAN IN 1885. (BY A. P. M.)

CHAPTER XVI. COPAN IN 1885 (CONTINUED). (BY A. P. M.)

CHAPTER XVII. COPAN TO QUIRIGUA.

CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE WAY TO THE COAST.

CHAPTER XIX. CAJABON AND THE NORTHERN FORESTS. (BY A. P. M.)

CHAPTER XX. THE RUINS OF IXKUN AND THE PINE RIDGE.

CHAPTER XXI. CHICHEN ITZA.

CHAPTER XXII. LAGUNA AND THE RIO USUMACINTA.

CHAPTER XXIII. PALENQUE.

CHAPTER XXIV. TIKAL AND MENCHE.

CHAPTER XXV. CONCLUSIONS (?).

CHAPTER XXVI. THE HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS.

FOOTNOTES:

INDEX.

By ANNE CARY MAUDSLAY
AND
ALFRED PERCIVAL MAUDSLAY

With Maps, Plans, Photographs, and other Illustrations

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1899.

Alere Flammam

PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS,
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

DEDICATED
TO

FREDERICK DUCANE GODMAN, D.C.L., F.R.S.,
AND TO THE MEMORY OF
OSBERT SALVIN, F.R.S.


TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: The errata have been corrected as part of the process of producing this e-text. Spelling, hyphenation, punctuation etc have also been standardised.

On page 264, "(marked with a dashed border)" read "(marked with a circle)" in the original; it was not possible to represent the circle in this e-text.


CONTENTS.

Pages
Preface ix
List of Illustrations xiii
List of Maps and Plans xix

CHAPTER I.
The Voyage 1-8
CHAPTER II.
The City 9-14
CHAPTER III.
The Start 15-23
CHAPTER IV.
Antigua 24-29
CHAPTER V.
The Volcanoes (and Note by A. P. M.) 30-40
CHAPTER VI.
The Road to Godines 41-46
CHAPTER VII.
The Lake of Atitlan 47-59
CHAPTER VIII.
The QuichÉs and Cachiquels (by A. P. M.) 60-70
CHAPTER IX.
Across the Altos 71-79
CHAPTER X.
Uspantan and the Rio Negro 80-90
CHAPTER XI.
Coban and the Vera Paz 91-100
CHAPTER XII.
Ruins at Rabinal (by A. P. M.) 101-104
CHAPTER XIII.
The Road to Zacapa and Copan 105-117
CHAPTER XIV.
Copan 118-126
CHAPTER XV.
Copan in 1885 (by A. P. M.) 127-133
CHAPTER XVI.
Copan in 1885 (continued, by A. P. M.) 134-142
CHAPTER XVII.
Copan to Quirigua (and Note by A. P. M.) 143-151
CHAPTER XVIII.
On the way to the Coast 152-156
CHAPTER XIX.
Cajabon and the Northern Forests (by A. P. M.) 157-173
CHAPTER XX.
The Ruins of Ixkun and the Pine Ridge (by A. P. M.) 174-192
CHAPTER XXI.
ChichÉn ItzÁ (by A. P. M.) 193-211
CHAPTER XXII.
Laguna and the Rio Usumacinta (by A. P. M.) 212-223
CHAPTER XXIII.
Palenque (by A. P. M.) 224-229
CHAPTER XXIV.
TikÁl and MenchÉ (by A. P. M.) 230-241
CHAPTER XXV.
Conclusions (?) (by A. P. M.) 242-253
CHAPTER XXVI.
The Hieroglyphic Inscriptions (by A. P. M.) 254-272

Index 273
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