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The Mayas, the Sources of Their History H M T E A Y A S, THE SOUR CES OF THEIR HISTORY . R L E PL N G E O N IN Y U C A TA N D . O , H I S A C C O U N T O F D I S C O V E R I E S . Y J R . ST E PH E N SA L ISB U R , ' H M A Y T E A S, THE C SOUR ES OF THEIR HISTORY . D R L E PL ON G E ON IN Y C A TA N . U , H I S A C C O U N T O F D I S C O V E R I E S . BY TE HE N AL BURY JR. S P S IS , IC AN AN TI UAR I AN OCIE TY OF FR OM PR OCE E D IN G S OE THE AME R Q S . I 1 A PR I 25 1877 APR L 26. 876. AN D L , . P R I V A T E L Y P R I N T E D . W O R C E S T E R P R E S S O F C H A R L E S H A M I L T O N . 1 8 7 7 . WITH THE R E SPE C TS OF THE C O T T S . THE AN D SO R C S OF HIS Y THE U E THEIR TOR , DR . LE G O IN Y CA A PLON E N U T N, I L L U S T R A T I O N S . MAP OF Y CA A F SP U T N , RONTI IECE . L CA Y OF SCOV RI S AT C IC - Z A O LIT DI E E H HEN IT , D ICH - Z A A E X ME AT C I O ST TU E HU H EN T , O O 0 R CS F UN D H THE A ELI O WIT ST TUE , T H E M A Y A S AN D C THE SOUR ES OF THEIR HISTORY . P oceedi n s of Ame ic an An i ua i an Societ A ri 26 [ r g r t q r y, p l . THE most compre h e n siv e and accurate m ap of Yucatan is h that which has b e e n copie d for this pamphle t . In t e se ve ral v um e of e e e of n are be ol s trav l , d scriptiv Maya rui s, to f m e e m e e en e d u e ound plans or or l ss co pl t , int d to ill strat S e e but e are a e e m e p cial journ ys , th y only parti l in th ir tr at nt of e The Plan o de Yu ca ta n e e . e this int r sting country , h r — h e f D n a de with pre se nte d t work o Sr . Santi go Nigra — e in 1 848 n o w e m e e x San Martin was publish d , and has b co m l h e e fo r e n tre e e . e t e y rar It is valuabl to stud nt , it d sig at s — locali ti e s abbun din g in ruins those not yet critically e e e e e e e m e u xplor d , as w ll as thos which hav b n or thoro ghly e i e —b e l m D inv st gat d y a p cu iar ark , thus , and it also shows roads and p aths use d in transportation and comm unication . Since its publication political change s have cause d th e divi sion of th e Pe nin sula into the Stat e s of Yucatan and Cam e a e of re l e for th e p achy , which ch ng bounda i s has ca l d n pre parati on of a n e w and improve d m ap . Such an o e is n ow be ing engrave d at Paris and will soon be issu e d f D n . th e o . in this country . It is joint production Sr A Perez e i e D n . e Hubbe . Joaquin and Sr Andr s znar , r v s d m n e e . C . e by Dr . H r an B r ndt Th e e arly history of th e ce ntral portions of th e we ste rn 4 h e misph e re has particularly a ttr acte d th e atte ntion of e a arch ze olo is ts e of c e a e e Europ n g , and thos Fran h v alr ady form e d l ear n e d soci e ti e s e n gage d spe cifically in sci e ntific and an u n n e a m e tiq aria i v stigations in Sp nish A rica . It is to th e Fre nch that cr e dit fo r th e i n itiativ e in this most inte re st in e of e e due e e an e x m l g fi ld inquiry is sp cially , pr s nting a p e which can not fail to be productiv e of good r e sults in ani m a the e m o f en a e m u ting nthusias all g g d in si ilar st di e s . Th e m e a n e de a e an n i Société A ric i Fr nc ( associatio , l ke o wn a n th e o f m e A e our , h vi g study A rican ntiquiti s as a n e an d e e me m e in s pri cipal obj ct , lik ly to b co pro in nt thi e of re e e e m e e fi ld inquiry), has al ady b n bri fly ntion d by our an th e e e o f th e A n n u a i r e for 1 873 and Librari ; but r c ption , a sta te m e nt o f th e pre se nt co n dition o f th e Soci e ty in th e Jo ur n a l des Ori en ta lis tes of e 5 1 8 7 6 e a F bruary , , giv s occ f Th e sion or a m ore e x te nde d notice . 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