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Excerpt from El México Desconocido, Vol. 2: Cinco Años de Exploración Entre las Tribus de la Sierra Madre Occidental, En la Tierra Caliente de Tepic y Jalisco, y Entre los Tarascos de MichoacánZacapu - El Palacio del rey Caltzontzin - Antiguo cementerio - Dientes limados - Urna funeraria - Huesos humanos con estrias - Aquí viene el hombre que come gente! - Ficción y verdad - La fotografía es un crimen - Los tarascos sublevados contra mí - Se s...

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Excerpt from El México Desconocido, Vol. 1: Cinco Años de Exploración Entre las Tribus de la Sierra Madre Occidental, En la Tierra Caliente de Tepic y Jalisco, y Entre los Tarascos de MichoacánLeif Erikson, el Hombre del Norte, fue en el siglo un décimo, el primer europeo que pisó el suelo americano. Acaso no parezca impropio, por lo mismo, que el instinto aventurero de los vikingos haya impulsado a un descendiente de aquel primer descubridor ...

Excerpt from El México Desconocido, Vol. 1: Cinco Años de Exploración Entre las Tribus de la Sierra Madre Occidental, En la Tierra Caliente de Tepic y Jalisco, y Entre los Tarascos de MichoacánLeif Erikson, el Hombre del Norte, fue en el siglo un décimo, el primer europeo que pisó el suelo americano. Acaso no parezca impropio, por lo mismo, que el instinto aventurero de los vikingos haya impulsado a un descendiente de aquel primer descubridor ...

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Excerpt from Through Central Borneo, Vol. 1: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917Specimens of ethnological interest were collected from the different tribes visited, the collection from the Peni hings I believe is complete. Measurements of 227 in dividuals were taken and as soon as practicable will be worked out by Doctor K. S. Schreiner, professor at the University of Christiania. Voc...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from My Life of ExplorationThe coast range not far away, at an elevation of four thousand feet, seemed always to beckon to me so invitingly, there ought to be rare, probably new, species of animal life in the dense jungle of that lonely range. But how to get there when the blacks of that region were reputed to be bad? After a while I decided on a bold undertaking, to camp and travel with these aborigines alone. I felt that surely they ...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from Symbolism of the Huichol IndiansDuring the years 1890 - 98 I made three expeditions to Mexico under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, spending altogether more than five years in researches among the natives of the north western portions oi that country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a repro...

Excerpt from Through Central Borneo, Vol. 2: An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of the Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917The usual nuisance of crowing cocks is not to be avoided in a Dayak kampong, though here they were few. I saw a hen running with a small chicken in her beak, which she had killed in order to eat it - a common occurrence according to the Penihings. The ludicrous self-sufficiency of the Bornean male fowls, a...

Excerpt from Unknown Mexico, Vol. 1: A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre, In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco, And Among the Tarascos of MichoacanMost Of the money required was raised by private subscription. The principal part Of the fund was, how ever, furnished by a now deceased friend Of mine, an American gentleman whose name, in deference to his wishes, I am bound to withhold. The Ameri...

Excerpt from New Trails in Mexico: An Account of One Year's Exploration in North-Western Sonora, Mexico, and South-Western Arizona, 1909-1910The mineral prospects of the region, especially as regards gold, are great. There are numerous large veins south of Sonoita which should be examined and the moun tains of the western desert explored. Free gold which undoubtedly has been encountered in the malpais in the northern part of Pinacate should al...

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