Research Catalog

Title

The ancient sun kingdoms of the Americas : Aztec, Maya, Inca / Victor Wolfgang von Hagen ; illustrated by Alberto Beltrán.

Author

Von Hagen, Victor Wolfgang, 1908-1985.

Publication

• Cleveland : World Publishing Company, [1961]
• ©1961

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Details

Additional Authors

Beltrán, Alberto

Description

617 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

An exotic panorama, lavishly illustrated and pulsing with life, of the Aztec, May and Inca civilizations. A major work of archaeology, anthropology, and history.

Subject

• Aztecs
• Mayas > Antiquities
• Incas
• Indians > Antiquities
• Indians
• Aztèques
• Mayas > Antiquités
• Peuples autochtones > Antiquités
• Peuples autochtones
• Antiquities
• Aztecs
• Civilization
• Incas
• Indians
• Indians > Antiquities
• Mayas > Antiquities
• Azteken
• Maya's
• Inka's
• Astecas
• America > Civilization
• America > Antiquities
• Amérique > Antiquités
• Amérique > Civilisation
• Měxico > Arqueologi̕a
• America
• Inkareich
• Maya
• Art Central America History
• Art South America History

Genre/Form

• Dust jackets (Binding) – 20th century.
• Publishers' paper bindings (Binding) – 20th century.
• Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) – 20th century.
• Decorated papers (Binding) – 20th century.
• Association copies (Provenance)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliography.

Contents

[Part 1] Aztec -- 1. The historical and geographical background of the Aztecs -- 2. The people -- 3. The Aztec "kings" and the directing classes -- 4. The achievements -- [Part 2] Maya -- 1. This historical and geographical background of the Mayas -- 2. The people -- 3. The ruling class -- 4. The achievements -- [Part 3] Inca -- 1. The historical and geographical background of the Incas -- 2. The people -- 3. The Inca and his city -- 4. The achievements.

LCCN

60006695

OCLC

• ocm00225235
• 225235
• SCSB-418825

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library