Jungle of Stone : The Extraordinary Journey of John L. Stephens and Frederick Catherwood, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya

from gothamajp

A fascinating read focused on the exploits of 19th century writer John L. Stephens and his British artist friend Frederick Catherwood and their exploration of the Yucatán peninsula. They endured disease, storms, insects, numerous revolutions, inhospitable terrain, and seemingly impenetrable jung...

from aileverte

Relying a great deal on John L. Stephens's own account of his travels to Central America, Jungle of Stone praises Stephens's writing as conservative, successfully resisting romanticizing and needless embellishment, sticking to the facts, and, importantly, giving credit to explorers who came befor...

from Stbalbach

Jungle of Stone is a dual biography of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood who are famous for having discovered Maya ruins in the jungles of Guatemala and Mexico in the 1830s and 40s and published two very popular travel/exploration books that remain in print to this day. Stephens was th...

from breic

Stephens and Catherwood explored 44 ruined sites in Central America, publishing best-selling books about them. I expected this story to be much more interesting than it was. Carlsen's problem, I think, is that he doesn't have enough to go on. Very little is known about Stephens and Catherwood per...