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Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Vol. 1 by John Lloyd Stephens

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The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, are about to rediscover Mayan civilization. Their guide, slashing through the rampant growth with his machete, leads them to a structure with steps up the side, shaped like a pyramid. Next they see a stone column, fourteen feet high, sculptured on the front with a portrait of a man, “solemn, stern and well fitted to excite terror,” covered on the sides with hieroglyphics, and with workmanship “equal to the finest monuments of the Egyptians.” Stephens records th...

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Jan 2, 2026

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Episodes

01 - Arrival at Balize; A Visit to the Carib Indians 02.01.2026

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02 - Perils by the Way; A well-spiced Lunch 01.01.2026

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03 - How to roast a Fowl; How to gain a Husband 31.12.2025

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04 - Arrest; Imprisonment 30.12.2025

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05 - The State of Honduras; Village of Copan 29.12.2025

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06 - First View of the Ruins; Thoughts of Buying Copan 28.12.2025

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07 - Commencement of Explorations; Buying a City 27.12.2025

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08 - Tablets of Hieroglyphics; Idols Originally Painted 26.12.2025

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09 - Antiquity of Copan; Separation 25.12.2025

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10 - Esquipulas; A Death Scene 24.12.2025

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11 - Murder of Vice-President Flores; Political State of Guatemala 23.12.2025

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12 - Lazoing; Taking the Black Veil 22.12.2025

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13 - Farewell of the Nun; Carrera Heads the Insurgents 21.12.2025

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14 - Interview with Carrera; His Character 20.12.2025

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15 - Party to Mixco; A Night Brawl 19.12.2025

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16 - Volcano de Agua; Cultivation of Cochineal 18.12.2025

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17 - Arrival at the Pacific; A Roving American 17.12.2025

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18 - Arrival of Mr. Catherwood; New Year's Day 16.12.2025

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19 - Hunt for a Government; Attack of Fever and Ague 15.12.2025

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20 - Visit to the Volcano of Izalco; Sickness and Mutiny 14.12.2025

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21 - Zillenthal Patent Self-acting Cold Amalgamation Machine; Coffee Plantations of San Jose 13.12.2025

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22 - View of the Two Seas; Departure for Guatemala 12.12.2025

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23 - Herds of Deer; An Earthquake 11.12.2025

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24 - Belle of Guanacaste; Route of the Great Canal 10.12.2025

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25 - Survey for the Canal; Horrors of Civil War 09.12.2025

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