 The whole country is divided into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stately stone buildings that it was amazing, and the greatest wonder is, that having no use of any metal, they were able to raise such structures, which seem...  Guatemala: The Land of the Quetzal - Page 394by William Tufts Brigham - 1887 - 453 lehteFull view - About this book
 | James Haines McCulloh - 1829 - 548 lehte
...light; for when speaking of what he calls "the stately stone buildings" of Yucatan, he remarks, "they seem to have been temples, for their houses were always of timber and thatched." It is impossible for us to state from our scanty materials, whether the people of Guatemala erected... | |
 | 1843 - 708 lehte
...the " conquisladores :" " The whole country is divided into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stately stone buildings that...their houses were always of timber, and thatched. In those edifices were carved the figures of naked men with ear-rings, after the Indian manner, idols... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1841 - 672 lehte
...historians, says of Yucatan : " The whole country is divided into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stately Stone Buildings that...for their Houses were always of Timber and thatched. In those Edifices were carved the Figures of naked Men, with Earrings after the Indian manner, Idols... | |
 | 1843 - 1056 lehte
...invaders. " The whole country," says Herrera, "is divided into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stately stone buildings that...their houses were always of timber, and thatched. In those edifices were carved the figures of naked men with earrings, after the Indian manner, idols... | |
 | 1843 - 522 lehte
...invaders. " The whole country," says Herrera, " is divided into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stately stone buildings that...their houses were always of timber, and thatched. In those edifices were carved the figures of naked men with earrings, after the Indian manner, idols... | |
 | 1843 - 1026 lehte
...says Herrera, " is divided into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stalely stone buildings that it was amazing, and the greatest...their houses were always of timber, and thatched. In those edifices were carved the figures of naked men with earrings, after the Indian manner, idols... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1843 - 604 lehte
..."there were so many and such stately Stone Buildings that it was Amazing ; and the greatest Wonder was that, having no Use of any Metal, they were able to...which seem to have been Temples, for their Houses were all of Timber, and thatched." And again, he says, that " for the Space of twenty Years there was such... | |
 | 1843 - 522 lehte
...them were so many and such stately stone buildings that it was amazing, and the greatest wonder »s, that, having no use of any metal, they were able to...their houses were always of timber, and thatched. In those edifices were carved the figures of naked men with earrings, after the Indian manner, idols... | |
 | John L. Stephens - 1845 - 654 lehte
...into eighteen districts, and in all of them were so many and such stately Stone Buildings that it wag amazing, and the greatest Wonder is, that having no...for their Houses were always of Timber and thatched. In those Edifices were carved the Figures of naked Men, with Earrings after the Indian manner, Idols... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1847 - 680 lehte
...historian, says of Yucatan, — " The whole country is divided into eighteen districts ; and in all of them were so many and such stately stone buildings that...their houses were always of timber, and thatched." 4. 'Another writer, Bernal Diaz, who accompanied the .. . - -~. . *» i T ji- <• i expeditions of... | |
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