The Manuscript Hunter: Brasseur de Bourbourg's Travels Through Central America and Mexico, 1854-1859 Volume 84
(Part of the American Exploration and Travel Series Series)
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In two decades of traveling throughout Mexico, Central America, and Europe, French priest Charles tienne Brasseur de Bourbourg (1814-1874) amassed hundreds of indigenous manuscripts and printed books, including grammars and vocabularies that brought to light languages and cultures little known at the time. Although his efforts yielded many of the foundational texts of Mesoamerican studies--the pre-Columbian Codex Troana, the only known...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0806155027
ISBN13:9780806155029
Release Date:July 2017
Publisher:University of Oklahoma Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.23 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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