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Title: Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America
Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of
Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region; and the Possession of
two Remarkable Aztec Children, Descendants and Specimens
of the Sacerdotal Caste, (now nearly extinct,) of the
Ancient Aztec Founders of the Ruined Temples of that
Country, Described by John L. Stevens, Esq., and Other
Travellers.

Author: Pedro Velasquez

Release Date: July 12, 2009 [EBook #29388]

Language: English

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MEMOIR
OF AN
EVENTFUL EXPEDITION
IN
CENTRAL AMERICA;

RESULTING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE IDOLATROUS CITY OF
IXIMAYA,

In an unexplored region; and the possession of two

REMARKABLE AZTEC CHILDREN,

Descendants and Specimens of the Sacerdotal Caste, (now
nearly extinct,) of the Ancient Aztec Founders of the
Ruined Temples of that Country,

DESCRIBED BY

JOHN L. STEVENS, ESQ.,
AND OTHER TRAVELLERS.

Translated from the Spanish of
PEDRO VELASQUEZ,
of SAN SALVADOR.

NEW YORK:
E. F. Applegate, Printer, 111 Nassau Street.
1850.

PROFILE ILLUSTRATIONS
FROM
CENTRAL AMERICAN RUINS,
OF
ANCIENT RACES STILL EXISTING
IN IXIMAYA.

[Illustration]

The above three figures, sketched from engravings in "Stevens's Central
America," will be found, on personal comparison, to bear a remarkable
and convincing resemblance, both in