During our short sojourn in Yucatan, we received vague, but, at the same time, reliable intelligence of the existence of numerous and extensive cities, desolate and in ruins … So begins John L. Stephens’ classic travel memoir Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, an instant sensation upon its publication in 1843. Stephens’ wry accounts of his party’s [...]
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John L. Stephens and the Ruins of Tulum
“During our short sojourn in Yucatan, we received vague, but, at the same time, reliable intelligence of the existence of numerous and extensive cities, desolate and in ruins …” So begins John L. Stephens’ classic travel memoir Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, an instant sensation upon its publication in 1843. Stephens’ wry accounts of his [...]
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