. American history:. nbe described here; but thisbrief notice of them will con-vey a knowledge of their gen-eral character.* The annex-ed map shows the localities ofthe ruins that are described,the most important of whichare those of Palenque in Chi-apas, of Copan in Honduras,and of Uxmal and Chichen inNorthern Yucatan. I ANALYSIS. RUINS OF PALENQUE. them. 1. Ruins of 1. The ruins of Palenque, in the province of Chiapas,paietique. i,Qj.^^g upon Yucatan, are the first which awakened attention to the existence of ancient and unknown cities 2. Our first in America. They were known to the Span
. American history:. nbe described here; but thisbrief notice of them will con-vey a knowledge of their gen-eral character.* The annex-ed map shows the localities ofthe ruins that are described,the most important of whichare those of Palenque in Chi-apas, of Copan in Honduras,and of Uxmal and Chichen inNorthern Yucatan. I ANALYSIS. RUINS OF PALENQUE. them. 1. Ruins of 1. The ruins of Palenque, in the province of Chiapas,paietique. i,Qj.^^g upon Yucatan, are the first which awakened attention to the existence of ancient and unknown cities 2. Our first in America. They were known to the Spaniards as ° early as 1750 ; and in 1787 they were explored by older of the King of Spain, under a commission from the gov-ernment of Guatimala. The account of the explorationwas however locked up in the archives of Guatimala untilthe time of the Mexican Revolution. In 1822 an Englishtranslation was published in London, which was the firstnotice in Europe of the discovery of these ruins. PLAN OF THE RUINS OF No. 51 No. J No. 3. o zio 400 ooo &10 iooo I I I I I I n. 2. The principal of the structures that have beencimonto7i^k described,»• stands on an artificial elevation, forty feet * For the description of the Ruins of Palenque, Copan, Chichen, Uxmal, &c., we are mainlyindebted to the valuable works of Mr. Stephens. The illustrative engravings are likewisetaken, by permission, from the same works, to which the reader is referred for the fullest de-ecription which has yet been published of the Ruins in this portion of America. See Stephens^Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan,2 vols. 1841; and Stephens Incidents of TrayelMt Yucatan, 2 vols. 1843. Chap. H.] AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 79 high, three hundred and ten feet in length, and two hun- and sixty in width. This elevation was formerly ^^^^^ ^^faced with stone, which has been thrown down by the principal ofgrowth of trees, and its form is now hardly distinguisna- The building its
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