
Full title
Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region; and the Possession of two Remarkable Aztec Children, Descendants and Specimens of the Sacerdotal Caste, (now nearly extinct,) of the Ancient Aztec Founders of the Ruined Temples of that Country, Described by John L. Stevens, Esq., and Other Travellers.
Language
en
Duration
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Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Release date
2009-07-12
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
A mysterious name attached to one of the stranger literary curiosities of the 1850s, linked to a sensational tale of exploration, lost cities, and staged spectacle. The story was long treated as fact before later reference works identified it as a hoax or promotional fiction.
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