Illustrated memoir of an eventful expedition into Central America, resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya : in an unexplored region, and the possession of two remarkable Aztec children, Maximo (the boy) and Bartola (the girl), descendants and specimen of the sacerdotal caste (now nearly extinct), of the ancient Aztec founders of the ruined temples of that country / described by John L. Stephens and other travelers ; translated from the Spanish of Pedro Velasquez of San Salvador.

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Illustrated memoir of an eventful expedition into Central America, resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya : in an unexplored region, and the possession of two remarkable Aztec children, Maximo (the boy) and Bartola (the girl), descendants and specimen of the sacerdotal caste (now nearly extinct), of the ancient Aztec founders of the ruined temples of that country / described by John L. Stephens and other travelers ; translated from the Spanish of Pedro Velasquez of San Salvador. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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New York : Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Thomas, 1860.

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48 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

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"Pedro Velasquez" is a fictitious author; text amd illustrations based on Stephens
Revised ed. of "Memoir of an eventful expedition ... New York, 1850," purporting to be taken from the journal kept by Velasquez while on the expedition said to have resulted in the finding of the two "Aztec children."
The Spanish original of the above and its author are myths.--Cf. Sabin 98812
Includes a few extracts from Stephens' "Incidents of travel in Central America."

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