Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America

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Excerpt from Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America: Comprising Yucatan, Chiapas, Guatemala (the Ruins of Palenque, Ocosingo, and Copan), And Oaxaca (Ruins of Mitla), A List of Some of the Writers on This Subject From the Sixteenth Century to the Present TimeBishop Landa was born in 1524, and died in 1579, his work must therefore have been written between 1549 and the latter date. It was published by the Abbe Brasseur de Bourbourg. In 1860, With a French translation Opposite to the Spanish text, and under the title Of Rela tion des choses de Yucatan. - Republished again in 1864. With some other matter.The merits of Landa are certainly very great, but the real import of his so-called A. B. C. (de sus letras forme aqui nu a. B. C. Pp. 316 has been misunderstood and correspondingly misrepresented. The picture which Landa gives us of the customs and organization of the Mayas is completely at variance With some of his other statements. Much close attention is required.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.