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... character by Bishop Landa ? I fancy I hear our learned Americanists asking ; and I answer , In a very simple manner , knowing as I do the genius of the Maya people and their language . The ancient armorial escutcheon of the country ...
... character by Bishop Landa ? I fancy I hear our learned Americanists asking ; and I answer , In a very simple manner , knowing as I do the genius of the Maya people and their language . The ancient armorial escutcheon of the country ...
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... character kan , that Landa tells us was the name At the north , the branch of the tree for south anciently . extends eastward , that is , to the right of the trunk . This branch , the peninsula of Yucatan , is represented by this symbol ...
... character kan , that Landa tells us was the name At the north , the branch of the tree for south anciently . extends eastward , that is , to the right of the trunk . This branch , the peninsula of Yucatan , is represented by this symbol ...
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... them in the horizontal legend , To return to the character in which the foot of the tree is planted . Kan not only means " south , " as we have just seen , but it has many other acceptations - all xlviii INTRODUCTION .
... them in the horizontal legend , To return to the character in which the foot of the tree is planted . Kan not only means " south , " as we have just seen , but it has many other acceptations - all xlviii INTRODUCTION .
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... is placed at the foot of the at the top to signify that it is the are juxtaposed to the character ' Wilkinson , Customs and Manners , vol . i . , p . 163 ( illust . ) . kan , also , to denote its geographical position . INTRODUCTION . xlix.
... is placed at the foot of the at the top to signify that it is the are juxtaposed to the character ' Wilkinson , Customs and Manners , vol . i . , p . 163 ( illust . ) . kan , also , to denote its geographical position . INTRODUCTION . xlix.
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... character of the tableau , thus the to show tree - explained what may be con- instance , the most important since it is the original name given , in the most remote ages , to that part of the Maya Empire known on our maps as the ...
... character of the tableau , thus the to show tree - explained what may be con- instance , the most important since it is the original name given , in the most remote ages , to that part of the Maya Empire known on our maps as the ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldean chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh's Memorial Hall color composed Cosas de Yucatan cosmogonic earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father figure Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra kings Kneph knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya dictionary Maya Empire Maya language Maya sages Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Naacal Nahuatls natives Osiris palaces Palenque Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh's Memorial Queen Móo Quichés remote ages represented Sacred Mysteries says sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship writing Yucatan