How Long to Read The Mayas, the Sources of Their History

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mayas, the Sources of Their History?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 19 minutes to read The Mayas, the Sources of Their History by Stephen Salisbury, Jr.

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The mystery and rediscovery of a lost civilization. "In these pages we are impressed with the fact that the darkness which has so long enveloped the antiquity of Yucatan is soon to be displaced by the noon-day of scientific investigation….Mr. Stephen Salisbury, Jr., of Worcester, Massachusetts, has in several memoirs of intense and unusual scientific value, communicated the progress and results of Dr. Le Plongeon's exploration in Yucatan to the American Antiquarian Society." -John Thomas Short, The North Americans of Antiquity: Their Origin, Migrations, and Type of Civilization Considered, 1882 The most perfect remains of a high degree of early civilization on this continent are to be found in ruins in the central portions of America. Proofs of the extraordinary advancement of the inhabitants of those regions, in architecture and art, at an early period, are not derived alone or principally from the accounts of Spanish voyagers and chroniclers, which agree substantially in the statements of their observations, but much more from the well-preserved ruins of numerous beautiful buildings, constructed of stone, many of them ornamented with bas-reliefs and hieroglyphics. In Mexico, about which Spanish historians of the time of Cortez and after, have written with more particularity, the vestiges of the civilization of the 16th or previous centuries have, in a great measure, been obliterated by the more complete and destructive subjugation suffered at the hands of the conquerors, and by the continuous occupation of the acquired provinces. Probably the early constructions of the Mexicans were not generally composed of so durable materials as those of the neighboring peninsula. Without discussing this point, the fact remains that Yucatan, together with much of the territory of Guatemala, Chiapas, and Tabasco, is strewn with ruins of a character which command the admiration and challenge the investigation of antiquaries. Waldeck, Stephens, Charnay, and Brasseur de Bourbourg, have brought these wonders of an extinct civilization to the knowledge of the world. Since their investigations have ceased, and until recently, but little has been done in this field. In 1873, however, Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon, a native of the island of Jersey, of French parentage, together with his wife, Mrs. Alice Dixon Le Plongeon, an English lady, attracted by the wealth of opportunity offered to them for archæological study in Yucatan, visited that country, and have been and are still actively engaged in exploring its ruins, photographing and taking plans of the buildings, and in making excavations, which have resulted in securing to the scientific world, a masterpiece of antique sculpture differing essentially from all specimens known to exist of American aboriginal art.

How long is The Mayas, the Sources of Their History?

The Mayas, the Sources of Their History by Stephen Salisbury, Jr. is 136 pages long, and a total of 34,816 words.

This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 43% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 10 minutes to read The Mayas, the Sources of Their History aloud.

What Reading Level is The Mayas, the Sources of Their History?

The Mayas, the Sources of Their History is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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