Lindesay Brine, a British naval officer with an antiquarian bent, went looking for the people behind the ancient earthworks of Ohio and the temples of Central America. He describes the geometric enclosures of the Ohio valley, then journeys through Guatemala, Mexico and Yucatán to the ruins of Patinamit, Utatlán, Palenque and Uxmal, with the villagers he met along the way.
A Victorian traveller’s view of American antiquities; its theories have dated, but the journey is vivid. Download the free EPUB.