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 oi 
their calendar. To this representation oi 
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