In the 1840s, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood studied Maya civilization with the best technology the 19th century had to offer: compelling words and captivating artwork captured ...

This may be Catherwood`s self portrait, and if so, the only image we have of him today. The explorers measure and record the temple area while local assistants labour to clear the site area. Frederick ...

After visiting Copán and Quiriguá, Frederick Catherwood and his team finally travelled to Guatemala City as per John Lloyd Stephens' orders. The journey was slow and dangerous, but they pressed on, ...

John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood's first journey together was in 1839-1840. Departing New York on 3 October 1839, the men reached Belize on 30 October 1939. Stephens had planned to fulfull ...

In the 1840s, English artist Frederick Catherwood and American travel writer John Lloyd Stephens captured the public’s imagination with a series of lushly illustrated books about the ruined c… ...

Journalist Carlsen travels through Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, tracing the footsteps of Frederick Catherwood and John Lloyd Stephens, the amateur archaeologists whose 1839 expedition offered ...

When John Stephens and Frederick Catherwood journeyed to Uxmal in 1840, the indigenous people told them the legend of the House of the Dwarf. As related by Stephens, an old woman hatched a dwarf son ...

Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology / Exhibits / Temp Gallery Exhibits / Revisiting Frederick Catherwood’s Cities of the Maya / Quiriguá, Guatemala (1839-1840) ... Quiriguá, Guatemala . While exploring ...