Frederick Catherwood, English architect, illustrator, and adventurer, accompanied John Lloyd Stephens across Central America to explore and document Maya ruins (1839-1840 and 1841-1842). In this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...