Désiré Charnay's The ruins of Central America with notes by Augustus Le Plongeon, and letter of transmittal from Frederick A. Ober to the American Antiquarian Society, 1880-1895.

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Désiré Charnay's The ruins of Central America with notes by Augustus Le Plongeon, and letter of transmittal from Frederick A. Ober to the American Antiquarian Society, 1880-1895.

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The collection consists of two items: incomplete version of The ruins of Central America, by Désiré Charnay, extracted from v. 131 (nos. 286-289), v. 132 (nos. 290-291, 294-295, 299), v. 134 (no. 305) and v. 135 (no. 308) of The North American review, published Sept. 1880-July 1882, with marginal notes by Augustus Le Plongeon, originally from the collection of Frederick A. Ober, with ownership stamp of the Antiquarian Society; also, letter from Ober to the American Antiquarian Society, 11 March 1895, mentioning this work as one of several he is donating to the Society.

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Charnay, Désiré 1828-1915

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Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay was a French photographer, archaeologist, and writer, best known for his travels and photographs of early South and Central American sites. Born in Fleurie, he travelled to New Orleans, where he became a teacher. He travelled extensively throughout Mexico and Central and South America, pioneering the use of photography to document his journeys and discoveries. He made several important finds, and published numerous books about his discoveries, as well as translatio...

Le Plongeon, Augustus, 1826-1908

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French doctor and early archaeologist. From the description of Views of Maya ruins in the Yucatan. 1873. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 419228157 Augustus Le Plongeon was a medical doctor, photographer, antiquarian, and amature archaeologist of French origins. In the early 1860s, after spending time in Chile and northern California, Le Plongeon moved to Lima, Peru, where he practiced medicine and photography, and became interested in Peruvian archaeology. On...

Ober, Frederick A. (Frederick Albion), 1849-1913

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Ornithologist, explorer, lecturer and author. From the description of Frederick Albion Ober letters [manuscript], 1890-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 176633557 Travel writer, novelist, naturalist, biographer, historian. In 1871, after the early death of his first wife, Ober abandoned his business and went on a major expedition to Florida to explore Lake Okeechobee, writing a series of vivid journal articles. During the last decad...

American Antiquarian Society

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The American Antiquarian Society was founded in Worcester, Mass., in 1812, largely through the efforts of Isaiah Thomas (1749-1831). The Society's original stated purpose was to "encourage the collection and preservation of the Antiquities of our country, and of curious and valuable productions in Art and Nature [that] have a tendency to enlarge the sphere of human knowledge." AAS from its inception attempted to be national in its collecting and its membership, which is by election....