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  • Mexican Archæology

    Restored Classics to Go Edition

    by Thomas Athol Joyce ...
    This richly illustrated study opens with a clear purpose: to sift what was known in 1914 about pre-Spanish Mexico and the Maya world, separating solid evidence from bold theory in a field still full of unresolved questions. Drawing on archaeology, early eyewitness accounts, maps, manuscripts, monuments, and codices, it compares two connected cultural regions—the Mexican north and west, and the ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

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  • Warlords of Ancient Mexico

    How the Mayans and Aztecs Ruled for More Than a Thousand Years

    by Peter G. Tsouras ...
    Learn the unbelievable true history of the great warrior tribes of Mexico.More than thirteen centuries of incredible spellbinding history are detailed in this intriguing study of the rulers and warriors of Mexico. Dozens of these charismatic leaders of nations and armies are brought to life by the deep research and entertaining storytelling of Peter Tsouras.Tsouras introduces the reader to the ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Lost City of the Incas

    by Hiram Bingham ...
    First published in the 1950s, this is a classic account of the discovery in 1911 of the lost city of Machu Picchu.In 1911 Hiram Bingham, a pre-historian with a love of exotic destinations, set out to Peru in search of the legendary city of Vilcabamba, capital city of the last Inca ruler, Manco Inca. With a combination of doggedness and good fortune he stumbled on the perfectly preserved ruins of ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition

    The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico

    by Miguel Leon-Portilla ...
    For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    From the Olmecs to the Aztecs

    by Michael D. Coe, Rex Koontz ...
    “Masterly. . . . The complexities of Mexico’s ancient cultures are perceptively presented and interpreted.” —Library JournalMichael D. Coe’s Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region’s ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz.The seventh edition incorporates new ... Read more

    $24.59 CAD

  • Popol Vuh: The Sacred Book of the Maya

    The Sacred Book of the Maya

    The Popol Vuh is the most important example of Maya literature to have survived the Spanish conquest. It is also one of the world’s great creation accounts, comparable to the beauty and power of Genesis.Most previous translations have relied on Spanish versions rather than the original K’iche’-Maya text. Based on ten years of research by a leading scholar of Maya literature, this translation with ... Read more

    $24.19 CAD

  • Travels in Peru on the Coast in the Sierra Across the Cordilleras and the Andes into the Primeval Forests

    by Johann Jakob von Tschudi ...
    Travels in Peru by Johann Jakob von Tschudi is an expansive travel narrative detailing his scientific expedition across Peru during the mid-19th century. As a Swiss naturalist and ethnologist, Tschudi embarks on an exploration of Peru’s diverse landscapes, providing readers with vivid descriptions of the country’s coast, highlands, and vast primeval forests. His journey takes him from the arid ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Yucatan Before and After the Conquest

    by Diego de Landa ...
    In 1562, Friar Diego de Landa conducted an 'Auto de fé' in Maní where in addition to 5000 'idols,' he burned 27 books in Maya writing. The document translated here is his apology, and one of the few remaining contemporary texts which describe pre-conquest Mayan society, science, and art in detail. The translator, William Gates, provides background on de Landa, the decline of the Maya, and what is ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ancient Maya

    by myebook ...
    "The Ancient Maya" creates a portrait of life in the ancient Mayan civilization. Describes the history, language, social classes, customs, culture, religion, and warfare of the ancient civilization of the Mayas.Easy to read and very interesting, providing first an overview, then a chapter by chapter journey through major events in Maya history, concluding with a separated portion of highlighting ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Popol Vuh

    by Anonymous ...
    "Of all the American people , the Quiché region of Guatemala have left us the richest mythological legacy. The story of creation, which appears in the Popol Vuh, which may be called the national book of the Quiché, in its rude and strange eloquence and poetic originality, is one of the most unique relics of indigenous thought". This is what reminds us the americanist Brancoft about a text that has ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pre-Columbian America

    Empires of the New World

    by Kathleen Kuiper ...
    Series series Britannica Guide to Ancient Civilizations
    From the Mayan calendar to the Toltec architecture at Chichén Itzá, the bequests of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations have endured long after the societies that created them declined. The intellectual and cultural achievements of Pre-Columbian America rivaled those of ancient Rome and Egypt, and greatly enriched the landscape of present-day Mexico and Central America. The traditions, social ... Read more

    $46.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • History of the Inca Empire

    An Account of the Indians' Customs and Their Origin, Together with a Treatise on Inca Legends, History, and Social Institutions

    by Father Bernabe Cobo ...
    Translated by Roland Hamilton ...
    Series series Texas Pan American Series
    The Historia del Nuevo Mundo, set down by Father Bernabe Cobo during the first half of the seventeenth century, represents a singulary valuable source on Inca culture. Working directly frorn the original document, Roland Hamilton has translated that part of Cobo's massive manuscripts that focuses on the history of the kingdom of Peru. The volume includes a general account of the aspect, character, ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD