John Lloyd Stephens

Gender:Male

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1805  -  Shrewsbury  -  Not applicable  -  He was born on November 28, 1805 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
1840  -  Yucatán  -  Unknown  -  He travelled here in 1840.
1840  -  Chiapas  -  Unknown  -  He travelled here in 1840.
1840  -  Guatemala  -  Unknown  -  He travelled here in 1840. He met Rafael Carrera.
1852?  -  New York  -  Unknown  -  He may have died in 1852.
1852  -  London  -  Unknown  -  The book of his travels was published here in 1852.
1854  -  London  -  Unknown  -  The book of his travels was published in London.

Connections:

Foreign travellers
Writers (men)

Texts:
1854 - Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan

Biography:
An archaeologist and explorer, possibly born in 1805, who travelled to in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatán in 1840. He met the Guatemalan caudillo, Rafael Carrera. At one point he tried to buy the archaeological site in Palenque. His book, Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, was published in London in 1854. He possibly died in 1852. (Stephens)

References:

Stephens, John Lloyd Frederick (editor). (1854) Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan