1967 (dated)
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This is an attractive 1967, special edition, Joseph Anthony Aiena re-envisioning of the famous Persac Map or Norman Map , illustrating the plantations on the Mississippi River from New Orleans to Natchez. The map is divided into two sections. The left section covers from Natchez to Baton Rouge, and the right section from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Along the way, plantation estates are illustrated and color-coded with the owners duly named. The properties are universally long and thin, assuring all-important river access to all. The map is surrounded by a decorative cotton-themed border.
The Norman / Persac MapOriginally published in 1858, the Norman / Persac Map was drawn by the French landscape painter and real-estate artist Marie Adrien Persac (1823 - 1873). Persac issued the map in partnership with the Benjamin Moore Norman (1809 - 1860). The map is an outgrowth of Persac s travels up and down the Mississippi s
Santa Rosa Xtampak, ciudad secreta
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Santa Rosa Xtampak, a Maya city on verge of revealing its mysteries 3 minutes read
By Maria Alonso
Berlin, Jan 26 (efe-epa)The Maya city of Santa Rosa Xtampak remains largely covered by jungle, but a team of archaeologists will try to reveal details of its origin and relationship with other contemporaneous cities on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.
Other world renowned archaeological sites, like Chichen Itza and Uxmal, have been the subjects of numerous studies, but this city – along with Edzna, considered to be the most significant hub of the Classical Maya Period between 250-900 A.D. in the central Yucatan Peninsula – has barely been excavated.
| UPDATED: 16:12, Mon, Jan 18, 2021
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The ancient Maya date back more than 4,000 years and were famous for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs. Many of their impressive constructions still stand today in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. El Castillo, also known as the Temple of Kukulcan, is the iconic structure that dominates the centre of the Chichen Itza archaeological site in the Mexican state of Yucatan.
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The ancient society, famous for their architecture, mathematics and astronomical beliefs, dates back more than 4,000 years. Many of their impressive constructions still stand today in the jungles of southeast Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and western parts of Honduras. Puuc is the name of a region in the Mexican state of Yucatan, which includes the ancient “forgotten” town of Kiuic – abandoned by the civilisation 1,200 years ago.
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