The Maya. Diego de Landa's Account of the Affairs of Yucatan. Ed. and Transl. by A.R. Pagden.

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Chicago (1975). Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (192pp.). With portr. and num. text-illusts. NOTE: Diego de Landa (1524-1579) was a Spanish Missionary who worked in the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America where he destroyed Maya artefacts but also compiled a comprehensive survey of customs social organization and beliefs of the Maya.