19th-Century Mesoamericanists - William H. Prescott, John Lloyd Stephens, Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (Paperback)


Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: William H. Prescott, John Lloyd Stephens, Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Augustus Le Plongeon, Edward Burnett Tylor, Jean-Frederic Waldeck, Frederick Catherwood, William Henry Holmes, Teoberto Maler, Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, Carl Sofus Lumholtz, E. G. Squier, Frederic Ward Putnam, Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, Daniel Garrison Brinton, Eugene Boban, Alfred Maudslay, Zelia Nuttall, Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough, William Bullock, Edward Herbert Thompson, Desire Charnay, Agostino Aglio, Alphonse Pinart, Karl von Scherzer, Karl Sapper, Henry Christy, Carlos Maria de Bustamante, Thomas Gann, Cyrus Thomas, Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, Ernst Forstemann, Otto Stoll, Juan Galindo, Marshall Howard Saville, Annie Hunter, Eugene Goupil, Faustino Galicia. Excerpt: William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 - January 29, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. A direct descendant of the revolutionary American officer William Prescott, William H. Prescott spent his childhood and adolescence in Boston, Massachusetts. Prescott attended Harvard University, and considered a legal career, but his poor health prevented him from working professionally and he therefore dedicated himself to a life of writing. After an extensive period of study, during which he sporadically contributed to academic journals, Prescott specialized in late Renaissance Spain and the early Spanish Empire. His works on the subject, The History of the Reign of...

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: William H. Prescott, John Lloyd Stephens, Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, Augustus Le Plongeon, Edward Burnett Tylor, Jean-Frederic Waldeck, Frederick Catherwood, William Henry Holmes, Teoberto Maler, Francisco del Paso y Troncoso, Carl Sofus Lumholtz, E. G. Squier, Frederic Ward Putnam, Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, Daniel Garrison Brinton, Eugene Boban, Alfred Maudslay, Zelia Nuttall, Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough, William Bullock, Edward Herbert Thompson, Desire Charnay, Agostino Aglio, Alphonse Pinart, Karl von Scherzer, Karl Sapper, Henry Christy, Carlos Maria de Bustamante, Thomas Gann, Cyrus Thomas, Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, Ernst Forstemann, Otto Stoll, Juan Galindo, Marshall Howard Saville, Annie Hunter, Eugene Goupil, Faustino Galicia. Excerpt: William Hickling Prescott (May 4, 1796 - January 29, 1859) was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite suffering from serious visual impairment, which at times prevented him from reading or writing for himself, Prescott became one of the most eminent historians of 19th century America. He is also noted for his eidetic memory. A direct descendant of the revolutionary American officer William Prescott, William H. Prescott spent his childhood and adolescence in Boston, Massachusetts. Prescott attended Harvard University, and considered a legal career, but his poor health prevented him from working professionally and he therefore dedicated himself to a life of writing. After an extensive period of study, during which he sporadically contributed to academic journals, Prescott specialized in late Renaissance Spain and the early Spanish Empire. His works on the subject, The History of the Reign of...

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August 2011

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978-1-155-54081-8

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