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100	1		_aMason, Gregory, _d1889-1968
245	1	0	_aSilver cities of Yucatan
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-12-23
508			_aTerry Jeffress and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520			_a"Silver cities of Yucatan" by Gregory Mason is a travel and archaeological exploration narrative written in the early 20th century. Framed by a scholar’s preface and rich in firsthand detail, it follows a small expedition along the remote Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula to locate forgotten Maya cities, interweaving adventure at sea and in jungle with insights into Maya history, natural history, and coastal charting. The opening of the narrative sets the scene with a vivid preface on eastern Yucatán’s reefs, lagoons, and Maya heritage, then outlines the Maya’s achievements in writing, astronomy, and architecture while dispelling popular myths of Old World origins and sketching their rise, renaissance, and decline. The story proper begins aboard the schooner H.S. Albert, introducing the crew—a field archaeologist, an ornithologist, a navigator, and the author—whose aims are to find undocumented ruins, collect scientific data on birds, and improve coastal knowledge. After a rough start through shoals and bars, they reach Payo Obispo, secure official support, and receive a promising lead to ruins near Boca de Paila and the lakes of Chunyaxché. Pressed by rumors of a rival explorer, they push north, pausing at Ambergris Key where the ornithologist bags noteworthy specimens, then brave the hazardous entrance to Chinchorro Bank. There, amid eerie lagoons teeming with herons, ibis, sharks, and crocodiles, they conduct intensive birding and exploratory forays, establishing the narrative’s blend of scientific pursuit, maritime challenge, and the lure of undiscovered Maya sites. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927
653			_aYucatán (Mexico : State) -- Antiquities
653			_aYucatán (Mexico : State) -- Description and travel
653			_aMason-Spinden Expedition, 1926
700	1		_aSpinden, Herbert Joseph, _d1879-1967
856	4		_uhttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=gri.ark:/13960/s2qrjb0b52x&seq=7
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77539
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