Discoveries: Lost Cities of the Maya

by Sydney Picasso and Claude Baudez

Book Overview

Culled from a variety of sources, the rare photographs, documents, paintings, and drawings in this history of America's famous pyramid builders answers some of the most puzzling questions about the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810928418
• ISBN13: 9780810928411
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A Great Little Book

While this book is small in size it is large on content with great pictures of many Mayan sites. There are also many pictures from early expeditions that give you a real understanding of what these famous sites were like when first discovered. I have been to many of these places all over the Mayan lands but had not seen these early photos. There is a lot of information in this book for anyone who wants an overview of Mayan history, lands and sacred sites. I highly recommend it. Larry Schumacher

A lovely intro to a fascinating region

I've been interested in Mayan culture since I was a kid. I went to the Yucatan for the first time in 1999 and used this as a light refresher course on the region's 'discovery'. It's a great little intro containing lots of details about the early adventurers - and their ideosyncracies. There are great pictures and illustrations which go along with the text. It all links up really well and takes you through many aspects of the main cities that have been uncovered. That said, it doesn't tell you much about the history of the Mayan culture. You won't come away understanding anything about the Mayan calendar, social customs or their religion. It's really just a good yarn about the mad blokes who roamed the forests looking for adventure...and found it.