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Frederick Cartherwood was an explorer, artist, architect, and English photographer famous for his explorations of the ruins of the maya civilization in the company of the american writer John Lloyd Stephens.
Together they published the book Incidents of travel in Central america, Chiapas, and Yucatan in 1841, with text of Stephens, and illustrations-based on the drawings of Catherwood.
Stephens and Catherwood returned to visit the area in 1842 and 1843.
The drawings show:
1. Stela at Copan
2. Arc of the Governor’s House of Uxmal
3. The house of the nuns of Uxmal
4. Serpent head at the temple of Kukulkan
5. Drawing of Escuintla, Guatemala ©️ Wikicommons
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