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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 The Island of SacrificiosIn the course of centuries innumerable vessels from all parts of the world have taken refuge and found safety at anchor off the south coast of this insignificant but most useful little islet, which can boast, moreover, of a strange and interesting history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduct...

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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 ...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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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 The Earliest Historical Relations Between Mexico and Japan, Vol. 4: From Original Documents Preserved in Spain and JapanIt is strange but true, that whereas for many years past much has been said and written about the hypothetical transmission of Asiatic in¿uences to Mexico and Central America by means of the ship-wrecked crews of Japanese junks, the precise date when official relations were first established between Japan and Mex...

Excerpt from Standard or Head-Dress?, Vol. 1: An Historical Essay on a Relic or Ancient MexicoIt is interesting to note the gradual changes that occur in the wording of the subsequent periodical official registrations of this Moorish hat. In 1613 its description was faithfully reproduced. In 1621 the word Indian was substituted for Moorish, with this single alteration the original text was again transcribed in 1730. In 1788, however, a remarka...

Excerpt from Archæological and Ethnological Papers of the Peabody Museum, Vol. 1: A Penitential Rite of the Ancient MexicansIt was not only the priesthood which subjected itself to a stern discipline which enforced prolonged fasts and excruciating self-torture, but the painful rite of drawing blood from one's body and ofiering it to the deity, commonly practised by all persons, young and old, was a feature of everyday life. Some time ago, whil...

Excerpt from The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations: A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological and Calendrical SystemsOne evening, in February, 1898, I left my desk and, stepping to the window, looked out at Polaris and the circumpolar region of the sky, with a newly awakened and eager interest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and clas...

Excerpt from Note on the Ancient Mexican Calendar SystemI returned my revised manuscript to Cambridge in February, but then an unexpected delay of several monthsoccurred in the printing of proof-sheets. This delay has proved to be of utmost value to me, for it afforded me leisure to continue and extend my researches.The results I have recently gained are of such definite interest that I am tempted to submit them to the International Congress o...

Excerpt from The Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans, Vol. 1: Containing an Account of Their Rites and Superstitions, An Anonymous Hispano-Mexican Manuscript Preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy, Introduction and FacsimileThe order in which these pictures occur and a collation of the text are given in my commentary contained in Part II of the present publication. T Historia de las Indias de Neuva Espana, Fray Di...

Excerpt from The Book of the Life of the Ancient Mexicans, Vol. 1: Containing an Account of Their Rites and Superstitions, An Anonymous Hispano-Mexican Manuscript Preserved at the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy, Introduction and FacsimileThe order in which these pictures occur and a collation of the text are given in my commentary contained in Part II of the present publication. T Historia de las Indias de Neuva Espana, Fray Di...

Excerpt from New Light on Drake: A Collection of Documents Relating to His Voyage of Circumnavigation, 1577-1580The present volume is the outcome of a long series of extraordinary opportunities and remarkably fortunate coincidences, which recurred with such persistency that some of my friends are apt to refer to them as positively uncanny.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at...

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