Frederick Catherwood
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Frederick Catherwood was an English artist, architect and explorer, best remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19t
The figure depicted in this lithograph is presumed to be a representation of Catherwood himself.
Main temple at Tulum, by Catherwood, from Views of Ancient Monuments
Lithograph of Stela H portraying Uaxaclajuun Ubʼaah Kʼawiil, site of Copan, from Views of Ancient Monuments, 1844.
The Society in 1853. Standing: Charles Eliot Ware, Robert William Hooper, Le Baron Russell, and Samuel Parkman. Seated: George Amory Bethune, O. W. Holmes, Samuel Cabot III, Jonathan Mason Warren, William Edward Coale, and James Browne Gregerson.
John Lloyd Stephens
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John Lloyd Stephens was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. He was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America. He was also a driving force behind the bu
Frederick Catherwood
…remembered for his meticulously detailed drawings of the ruins of the Maya civilization. He explored Mesoamerica in the mid 19th century with writer John Lloyd Stephens. Their books, Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán and Incidents of Travel in Yucatán, were best sellers and introduced to the…
Founders of the Panama Railroad, John L. Stephens, William H. Aspinwall, and Henry Chauncey, published in 1859