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Memoir Of Eventful Expedition In Central America; Resulting In The Discovery Of The Idolatrous City Of Iximaya, In An Unexplored Region; And The Possession Of Two Remarkable Aztec Children
The parties whom Senior Velasquez first appointed as their temporary guardians brought them to New York via Jamaica, and they will no doubt attract and reward universal attention. They are supposed to be eight and ten years of age, and both are lively, playful and affectionate. But it is as specimens of an absolutely unique and nearly extinct race of mankind, that they claim the attention of physiologists and all men of science....
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Title: Memoir Of Eventful Expedition In Central America; Resulting In The Discovery Of The Idolatrous City Of Iximaya, In An Unexplored Region; And The Possession Of Two Remarkable Aztec Children
Creator: Pedro Velasquez (author)
Date: 1850
Format: Book
Publisher: E.F. Applegate, Printer, New York
Source: Bridgeport Public Library, Historical Collections
Keywords: Aztec Children; Children; Cognitive Disability; Entertainment; Entertainment, Leisure & Recreation; Guatemala; Media; Medicine & Science; Mexico; Phineas T. Barnum; Popular Culture
Topics: Mass Media, Culture & The Arts