STEPHENS

INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN GREECE, TURKEY, RUSSIA AND POLAND

John L., STEPHENS

In two Volumes

New-York, 1839

Stephens was an American lawyer who became one of the foremost American explorers of his time and was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of the Mayan civilization. “His wandering spirit mellowing his analytic eye, John L. Stephens is the best kind of guide. Whether describing the richness of a seraglio in Turkey of the drama of a gambling hall in Russia, the congenial and charismatic style of his narrative – with its hearty doses of humor – is warming, while the enthusiastic accounts of treks, discoveries, and friends made utterly engages. Add to this Stephens’ conscientious inclusion of historical, sociopolitical, anthropological, and sometimes mythological, context, and Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland becomes the next best thing to being there.” (Early Editorial Review).