TY  - BOOK
AU  - Velásquez,Pedro
AU  - Stephens,John Lloyd
TI  - Illustrated memoir of an eventful expedition into Central America,: resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya, in an unexplored region; and the possession of two remarkable Aztec children, Maximo, (the man), & Bartola, (the girl), descendants and specimens of the sacerdotal cast, (now nearly extinct), of the ancient Aztec founders of the ruined temples of that country,
AV  - F 1434 V45
PY  - 1856///?]
CY  - [London?
PB  - s.n.
KW  - Central America
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - América Central -
KW  - Antigüedades
N1  - Revised ed. of "Memoir of an eventful expedition ... New York, 1850," purporting to be taken from the journal kept by Velasquez while on the expedition said to have resulted in the finding of the two "Aztec children."; The "Aztec children" were actually dwarves, born near San Miguel in El Salvador. The fabrication was promoted in the U.S. and Europe. Cf. Clegg, E.J. Book review in Man, 1969, p. 296, of Dos microcefalos "Aztecas," by J. Comas; "Spanish original and its author are myths"--Sabin; Preface, p. [iii-iv]. Outline illustrations from the ruins of Central America of its ancient races, p. [v]-viii. The history of the Aztec Lilliputians, p. [1]-36. Measurements of the Aztecs, p. 37-38; Abierta a los investigadores bajo las restricciones de la biblioteca; Sabin; 98812 (note)
ER  -