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Exploring the Early Americas The Jay I. Kislak Collection
First Report on the Maya Ruins of Palenque (37)

Antonio del Río (fl. 1786–1789).
Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, Discovered near Palenque . . .
London: Henry Berthoud, and Suttaby, Evance and Fox, 1822.
Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (37)

First Report on the Maya Ruins of Palenque 

This book contains an English translation of the first report on the Maya ruins of Palenque.  Antonio del Río, a Spanish artillery captain, led the expedition and was accompanied by the artist Ricardo Almendáriz who prepared twenty-five plates of thirty subjects.  The report and drawings emphasized the descriptions of plazas, structures, tablets, and sculptures.  Although neither man had specific expertise, the report and engravings captivated the European scholarly world.  This edition contains engravings by J. F. Waldeck based on Almendáriz’s drawings.