{"product_id":"9781605204468","title":"Incidents Of Travel In Central America, Chiapas, And Yucatan, Vols. I And Ii","description":"At two o'clock, under a brilliant moonlight, and with a single guide, we started for the Pacific. The road was level and wooded. We passed a trapiche or sugar-mill, worked by oxen, and before daylight reached the village of Masagua, four leagues distant, built in a clearing cut out of the woods, at the entrance of which we stopped under a grove of orange-trees, and by the light of the moon filled our pockets and alforgas with the shining fruit. Daylight broke upon us in a forest of gigantic trees, from seventy-five to a hundred feet high, and from twenty to twenty-five feet in circumference, with creepers winding around their trunks and hanging from the branches. The road was merely a path through the forest, formed by cutting away shrubs and branches. The freshness of the morning was delightful.\u003cbr\u003e-from Chapter XIII\u003cp\u003eAs a Special Ambassador to Central America in 1839, American diplomat and writer JOHN LLOYD STEPHENS (1805-1852) witnessed civil war, explored Mayan ruins, and even bought a city for $50. He turned his real-life adventures in the jungles and villages of that fabled land into this classic of travel literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in two volumes in 1841-and followed up by 1843's Incidents of Travel in Yucatan (also available from Cosimo)-Stephen's enthralling exploits introduced American and European readers to the mysteries of the Maya sites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplemented by beautiful illustrations by English artist and architect FREDERICK CATHERWOOD (1799-1854), also included in this new edition, Stephens' evocative prose reads like the best adventure fiction, and continues to delight readers today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48729261277424,"sku":"9781605204468","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605204468_p0.jpg?v=1768852170","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605204468","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}