Katia Sainson is Professor of French at Towson University in Maryland, translator of books from French into English, including Jules Michelet’s The Sea, and coauthor of Exposing the Maya: Early Archaeological Photography in the Americas.

“These writings by Brasseur de Bourbourg are something of a revelation—well written, surprisingly insightful for his time, and eminently readable, with refreshing detail and good humor. There are passages of brilliance when the abbÉ focuses on local Maya customs and ritual practices, which he presents with a surprising degree of respect for Maya culture that often falls on the side of advocacy.”—Allen J. Christenson, author of Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community: The Altarpiece of Santiago AtitlÁn “This is an engaging narrative, written by a storyteller whose language forms vivid and striking mental images describing his travels throughout Central America. It would be difficult to overestimate the value of the content of Brasseur de Bourbourg’s many discoveries and contributions to our modern understanding of the pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican world. Delightfully written and beautifully translated, The Manuscript Hunter opens a window on the nature of an interesting, capable, and sincere man.”—John S. Robertson, coauthor of Colonial Ch’olti’: The Seventeenth-Century MorÁn Manuscript“This is an engaging narrative, written by a storyteller whose language forms vivid and striking mental images describing his travels throughout Central America. It would be difficult to overestimate the value of the content of Brasseur de Bourbourg’s many discoveries and contributions to our modern understanding of the pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican world. Delightfully written and beautifully translated, The Manuscript Hunter opens a window on the nature of an interesting, capable, and sincere man.”—John S. Robertson, coauthor of Colonial Ch’olti’: The Seventeenth-Century MorÁn Manuscript

Katia Sainson is Professor of French at Towson University in Maryland, translator of books from French into English, including Jules Michelet’s The Sea, and coauthor of Exposing the Maya: Early Archaeological Photography in the Americas.

“These writings by Brasseur de Bourbourg are something of a revelation—well written, surprisingly insightful for his time, and eminently readable, with refreshing detail and good humor. There are passages of brilliance when the abbÉ focuses on local Maya customs and ritual practices, which he presents with a surprising degree of respect for Maya culture that often falls on the side of advocacy.”—Allen J. Christenson, author of Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community: The Altarpiece of Santiago AtitlÁn “This is an engaging narrative, written by a storyteller whose language forms vivid and striking mental images describing his travels throughout Central America. It would be difficult to overestimate the value of the content of Brasseur de Bourbourg’s many discoveries and contributions to our modern understanding of the pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican world. Delightfully written and beautifully translated, The Manuscript Hunter opens a window on the nature of an interesting, capable, and sincere man.”—John S. Robertson, coauthor of Colonial Ch’olti’: The Seventeenth-Century MorÁn Manuscript“This is an engaging narrative, written by a storyteller whose language forms vivid and striking mental images describing his travels throughout Central America. It would be difficult to overestimate the value of the content of Brasseur de Bourbourg’s many discoveries and contributions to our modern understanding of the pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican world. Delightfully written and beautifully translated, The Manuscript Hunter opens a window on the nature of an interesting, capable, and sincere man.”—John S. Robertson, coauthor of Colonial Ch’olti’: The Seventeenth-Century MorÁn Manuscript

Katia Sainson is Professor of French at Towson University in Maryland, translator of books from French into English, including Jules Michelet’s The Sea, and coauthor of Exposing the Maya: Early Archaeological Photography in the Americas.

“These writings by Brasseur de Bourbourg are something of a revelation—well written, surprisingly insightful for his time, and eminently readable, with refreshing detail and good humor. There are passages of brilliance when the abbÉ focuses on local Maya customs and ritual practices, which he presents with a surprising degree of respect for Maya culture that often falls on the side of advocacy.”—Allen J. Christenson, author of Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community: The Altarpiece of Santiago AtitlÁn “This is an engaging narrative, written by a storyteller whose language forms vivid and striking mental images describing his travels throughout Central America. It would be difficult to overestimate the value of the content of Brasseur de Bourbourg’s many discoveries and contributions to our modern understanding of the pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican world. Delightfully written and beautifully translated, The Manuscript Hunter opens a window on the nature of an interesting, capable, and sincere man.”—John S. Robertson, coauthor of Colonial Ch’olti’: The Seventeenth-Century MorÁn Manuscript“This is an engaging narrative, written by a storyteller whose language forms vivid and striking mental images describing his travels throughout Central America. It would be difficult to overestimate the value of the content of Brasseur de Bourbourg’s many discoveries and contributions to our modern understanding of the pre-Columbian, Mesoamerican world. Delightfully written and beautifully translated, The Manuscript Hunter opens a window on the nature of an interesting, capable, and sincere man.”—John S. Robertson, coauthor of Colonial Ch’olti’: The Seventeenth-Century MorÁn Manuscript