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John Lloyd Stephens (1805–1852)
Stephens, John Lloyd. An American traveler, the first modern explorer in Yucatan; born in Shrewsbury, NJ, Nov. 28, 1805; died in New York City, Oct. 10, 1852. He wrote a series of letters on travel in the East, entitled ‘Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petræa, and the Holy Land’ (2 vols., 1837); followed by ‘Incidents of Travel in Greece, Russia, Turkey, and Poland’ (1838); ‘Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan’ (1841); and supplemental volumes of explorations and ‘Travel in Yucatan’ (2 vols., 1843).