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Title: The Mayas, the Sources of Their History / Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries

Author: Stephen Salisbury, Jr.

Release Date: August 18, 2009 [EBook #29723]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Plano de Yucatan 1848]

THE MAYAS,
THE SOURCES OF THEIR HISTORY.

DR. LE PLONGEON IN YUCATAN,
HIS ACCOUNT OF DISCOVERIES.

BY STEPHEN SALISBURY, JR.

FROM PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, OF
APRIL 26, 1876, AND APRIL 25, 1877.

PRIVATELY PRINTED.

WORCESTER:
PRESS OF CHARLES HAMILTON.
1877.

[Inscribed to Mip Sargent,]

_WITH THE RESPECTS OF THE WRITER._

CONTENTS.

THE MAYAS AND THE SOURCES OF THEIR HISTORY,