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PICTURESQUE ATLAS 



OF 



TRAVELS 



TO THE , 



EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS 



OF 



THE NEW CONTINENT. 



INTRODUCTION. 



I have collected, in the following work, 

 whatever relates to the origin and first pro- 

 gress of the arts among the natives of Ame- 

 rica. Two thirds of the plates which it 

 contains present specimens of the remains 

 of their architecture, sculpture, historical 

 paintings, and hieroglyphics relative to 

 their division of time, and the system or 

 their calendar. To this representation or 



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