Project Gutenberg 2014-05-15 Public domain in the USA. 185 Charnay, Désiré 1828 1915 Charnay, Desire Charnay, Claude-Joseph-Désiré Conant, Helen S. (Helen Stevens) 1839 1899 Gonino, J. The Ancient Cities of the New World Being Travels and Explorations in Mexico and Central America From 1857-1882 E-text prepared by Julia Miller, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "The Ancient Cities of the New World" by Désiré Charnay is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book documents the author's travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857 to 1882, providing insights into ancient American civilizations, particularly highlighting the Toltecs. It aims to reconstruct the ancient cultures based on archaeological observations, historical accounts, and Charnay's direct experiences in the region. At the start of the work, the author reflects on his previous expedition to Mexico and the challenges he faced due to inexperience and limited resources. Now better prepared and funded through a partnership with a wealthy American patron, Charnay sets off to explore the region once again. He vividly describes Vera Cruz's landscape and climate, recounting his anticipation of revisiting familiar places after many years. As he arrives, he notes both the changes that time has wrought as well as the contrasts between his past experiences and the vibrant, evolving Mexican society he finds, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the ancient cities and their legacies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45656/45656-h/images/cover.jpg en Mexico -- Antiquities Indians of Mexico -- Antiquities Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Antiquities Guatemala -- Antiquities F1201 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 911122 910871 2024-09-19T07:15:07.673464 2023-09-20T03:45:25.432329 text/html text/html 898310 2014-05-15T15:11:38 text/html 8120046 2014-05-15T15:18:30 text/html application/zip 8705750 2024-09-19T07:15:23.683419 application/epub+zip 8718905 2024-09-19T07:15:11.558498 application/epub+zip 415352 2024-09-19T07:15:09.625515 application/epub+zip 8938928 2024-09-19T07:15:31.865347 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8849269 2024-09-19T07:15:21.548443 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578982 2022-09-20T19:18:05.216495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 739350 2024-09-19T07:15:05.120489 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 742667 2020-06-15T19:39:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 287529 2020-06-15T19:39:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 738604 2014-05-15T14:51:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 286650 2014-05-15T14:51:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 738635 2014-05-15T14:49:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 286359 2014-05-15T14:49:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23329 2024-09-19T07:15:32.035342 application/rdf+xml 20660 2024-09-19T07:15:09.794456 image/jpeg 3135 2024-09-19T07:15:09.710466 image/jpeg 8145768 2024-09-19T07:15:08.201487 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia