Anne Cary Maudslay

Anne Cary Maudslay was an American writer and traveler who is best remembered for co-authoring A Glimpse at Guatemala, and Some Notes on the Ancient Monuments of Central America (1899) with her husband, Alfred Percival Maudslay. In the book's preface, Alfred explains that during their 1894 journey to Central America, she kept the diary and would write the travel narrative, while he added archaeological notes.

Reference sources identify her as Anne Cary Morris Maudslay, born in 1847 and died in 1926. The British Museum lists her as an American academic or intellectual and gives her death as September 12, 1926. She is also noted as the wife of Alfred Percival Maudslay, the British explorer and archaeologist known for his work on Maya ruins.

Her writing remains appealing because it brings together firsthand travel impressions and a readable sense of place. Even when the archaeological material is substantial, her voice helps keep the story grounded in lived experience, making the book interesting both as travel writing and as a window into late 19th-century Central America.