Gerard Helferich

Stone of Kings

In Search of the Lost Jade of the Maya. Sprache: Englisch.

kartoniert , 304 Seiten

ISBN 0762782544

EAN 9780762782543

Veröffentlicht Dezember 2012

Verlag/Hersteller Globe Pequot Press

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Beschreibung

A book perfectly timed for the re-setting of the Maya calendar in 2012.... Part history, popular science, armchair travel, and real-life treasure hunt, this is the story of pre-Columbian jade--the precious stone revered by ancient Aztecs, Incans, and Maya--and the scientists, collectors, explorers and entrepreneurs who have been searching for the mythical jade mines for more than a century.

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Gerard Helferich is the author of the widely praised Humboldt's Cosmos, which was a Discover magazine Science Bestseller; and High Cotton, which received the 2008 Authors Award for nonfiction from the Mississippi Library Association. He and his wife divide their time between Yazoo City, Mississippi, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico