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Page 86
... Palenque . In Chiapa , near the village of San Domingo Palenque , are the ruins of a city , which it is said can be traced over an area six or seven leagues in circumference . The part of these remains which exists in the most perfect ...
... Palenque . In Chiapa , near the village of San Domingo Palenque , are the ruins of a city , which it is said can be traced over an area six or seven leagues in circumference . The part of these remains which exists in the most perfect ...
Page 99
... Palenque . These edifices are situated on a plain eight leagues long and from one half to two leagues broad ; those we are about to describe occupy , however , but a small circuit . In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were ...
... Palenque . These edifices are situated on a plain eight leagues long and from one half to two leagues broad ; those we are about to describe occupy , however , but a small circuit . In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries they were ...
Page 200
... Palenque , Copan , Mitlan and Uxmal , not only present many mutual analogies , but are closely related by numerous characteristic features to those of Mexico ; they ap- pear however to be the most ancient , or rather to be the pro ...
... Palenque , Copan , Mitlan and Uxmal , not only present many mutual analogies , but are closely related by numerous characteristic features to those of Mexico ; they ap- pear however to be the most ancient , or rather to be the pro ...
Page 201
... Palenque and Uxmal , and demon- strated many features of resemblance . † Del Rio also observed , that the identity of the ancient inhabitants of Yucatan and Pa- lenque is evidently proved by the strong analogy of their cus- * Waldeck ...
... Palenque and Uxmal , and demon- strated many features of resemblance . † Del Rio also observed , that the identity of the ancient inhabitants of Yucatan and Pa- lenque is evidently proved by the strong analogy of their cus- * Waldeck ...
Page 227
... Palenque and Uxmal , and remarks that in the figures at Uxmal , the trunk is longer than that of the tapir , and is turned upwards in the air , facts which he considers as showing decisively that the head of the tapir was not intended ...
... Palenque and Uxmal , and remarks that in the figures at Uxmal , the trunk is longer than that of the tapir , and is turned upwards in the air , facts which he considers as showing decisively that the head of the tapir was not intended ...
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