Drawing on notes from three journeys through Guatemala and Honduras, Brigham leads the reader from the Atlantic coast westward to Cobán, Quezaltenango and the Pacific, then to Guatemala City, the pilgrimage town of Esquipulas and the Maya ruins of Quiriguá. Later chapters treat the ancient inhabitants, the republic, plants and animals, and the country’s earthquakes and volcanoes.
A thorough nineteenth-century portrait of Central America, written to stir American interest in its neighbours. Download the free EPUB.