The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan

by Channing Arnold; Frederick J. Tabor Frost

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[CONTENTS]

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CHAPTER I
A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF MEXICO	[1]
CHAPTER II
MEXICO CITY AND THE MEXICANS	[23]
CHAPTER III
YUCATAN AND HER HISTORY	[45]
CHAPTER IV
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF YUCATAN	[57]
CHAPTER V
A YUCATECAN BREAKFAST, AND OTHER "SIGHTS"	[71]
CHAPTER VI
AMID THE PALACES OF THE ITZAS	[82]
CHAPTER VII
VALLADOLID AND AFTER	[104]
CHAPTER VIII
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CORTES	[127]
CHAPTER IX
EL MECO TO PUERTO MORELOS	[143]
CHAPTER X
IN SEARCH OF THE MAYAN MECCA	[164]
CHAPTER XI
ON THE SOUTHERN SIERRAS	[185]
CHAPTER XII
COPAN AND QUIRIGUA	[204]
CHAPTER XIII
PALENQUE, MENCHÉ, AND ON THE USUMACINTA	[214]
CHAPTER XIV
THE ANCIENT MAYANS	[226]
CHAPTER XV
WHO WERE THE MAYANS?	[242]
CHAPTER XVI
WHO WERE AMERICA'S FIRST ARCHITECTS?	[257]
CHAPTER XVII
THE AGE OF THE RUINS	[283]
CHAPTER XVIII
HIEROGLYPHICS AND PAINTINGS	[298]
CHAPTER XIX
SLAVERY ON THE HACIENDAS	[321]
CHAPTER XX
YUCATAN AS IT IS TO-DAY AND THE YUCATECANS	[337]
CHAPTER XXI
THE GREEN GOLD OF YUCATAN	[361]
CHAPTER XXII
FLORA AND FAUNA	[368]
INDEX	[387]

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[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS]

A MAYAN INDIAN	Frontispiece
UNLOADING BANANAS	facing page		[20]
RURALES (MOUNTED POLICE) AT VERA CRUZ	"	"	[20]
EL CASTILLO, CHICHEN ITZA	"	"	[84]
THE CARACOL, CHICHEN ITZA	"	"	[100]
THE TENNIS COURT, CHICHEN ITZA	"	"	[100]
THE NUNNERY, CHICHEN ITZA	"	"	[120]
EL MECO, EAST COAST OF YUCATAN	"	"	[144]
ARCHED GATEWAY, LABNA	"	"	[196]
THE PALACE, SAYIL	"	"	[196]
THE PALACE, UXMAL	"	"	[202]
BAS-RELIEFS ON ALTAR AT COPAN	on page		[209]
FRIEZE, PIEDRAS NEGRAS	facing page		[212]
STELA AT COPAN	"	"	[212]
ELLIPTICAL TABLET IN STUCCO AT PALENQUE	on page		[217]
BAS-RELIEF OF PRIEST'S FIGURE, PALENQUE	"	"	[220]
BAS-RELIEF OF PRIEST'S FIGURE, PALENQUE	"	"	[221]
CARVING OF JAGUAR	facing page		[240]
COLOSSAL HEAD DISCOVERED BY AUTHORS AT CANCUN	"	"	[240]
MAYAN ARCH	on page		[264]
THE NUNNERY, UXMAL (illustrating elaboration of Mayan ornamentation)	facing page		[268]
STELAE AT COPAN	"	"	[284]
DAY SIGNS (HIEROGLYPHICS)	on pages		[304]-[307]
MONTH SIGNS ( " )	"	"	[307]-[310]
YEAR AND CYCLE SIGNS (HIEROGLYPHICS)	on page		[311]
FAÇADE OF BUILDING AT KABAH	facing page		[318]
TYPES OF MAYAN WOMEN AND MEN	"	"	[334]
HACIENDA CHILDREN	"	"	[356]
INDEPENDENT INDIANS	"	"	[356]
HENEQUEN FIBRE IN DRYING-GROUND	"	"	[366]
THE FIBRE MILL	"	"	[366]
MAP AND PLANS
PLAN OF CANCUN RUINS	on page		[151]
PLAN OF FIRST GROUP OF RUINS, COZUMEL	"	"	[179]
PLAN OF SECOND GROUP OF RUINS, COZUMEL	"	"	[181]
GROUND PLAN OF PALACE, PALENQUE	"	"	[213]
MAP OF YUCATAN	facing page		[386]