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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Vol. 26 de mon journal de notes de l’annee 1833-34 [manuscript]: conjugation des verbes aztèques, vocabulaire tchol et maya, ocotzinco |
| Author | Waldeck, Frédéric de (1766-1875) |
| Date | View date in the chronology |
| Document Type | Manuscript |
| Description | From the Newberry Library Catalogue: Volume 26 of Waldeck’s notebooks, containing research notes from 1833-34, with some additions from 1837. Waldeck begins with a lengthy section on various Indian languages: there is a glossary of Spanish, Tzeltal, Maya, and Chol terms, as well as a list of Nahuatl verb conjugations. Many of the notes concern the history and culture of ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Asiatic peoples, to whom, Waldeck was convinced, the Indians of Mexico and Central America were directly related. Waldeck compares the sculpture and architecture of Copán with that found at Palenque and Uxmal, and provides a list of architectural terms used to describe the monuments at Uxmal. He also includes extensive sections on the early history of the Yucatán; the collections of the Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City; and the description of his journey from Palenque to Ocotzinco in March of 1833. A lengthy clipping from the N.Y. Evening Post of October 17, 1833 concerning the research of various explorers of the ruins of Palenque and which mentions Waldeck himself, is followed later in the journal (p. 66-72) by Waldeck’s critical comments on the article. |
| Places | Copán, Palenque, Uxmal, Yucatán, Mexico City, Ocotzinco, Mexico |
| Keywords | art, travel, discovery, expedition, exploration, Mexican, observation, ethnography, mythology, folklore, religion, history, custom, culture, language, newspaper, literature |
| Theme | Indigenous Peoples of Mexico; Observation, Representation and Cultural Encounters |
| Tribe / Nation | Go to Tribes and Nations page |
| Culture Area | Mesoamerica |
| Language | French |
| Additional Information |
French traveller, painter, engraver, and Americanist. Waldeck, of German or Austrian origin, may have been born in Prague, Paris, or Vienna, in 1766. He travelled to Mexico in 1825 to work for a silver mining company, and later lived in Mexico City where he gave classes in painting and drawing. Throughout his travels in Mexico, he made drawings of the Indian antiquities and ruins, especially in Palenque and Uxmal between 1832 and 1835, and in 1837 after his return to Paris, where he spent the last 40 years of his life. Some pages contain specimens of butterfly wings collected by Waldeck from the forests of Palenque. |
| Library | The Newberry Library |
| Copyright | The Newberry Library |
| Collection | The Edward E. Ayer Collection |
| Reference | VAULT Ayer MS 1266 |
| Catalogue Link | The Newberry Library Catalogue |