Frederick Catherwood, circa 1840

Frederick Catherwood (February 27, 1799 – September 20, 1854) was an English artist and architect, best remembered for his explorations of ruins of the Maya civilization. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment is attributing the Maya ruins to the native people of the area. The majority of visitors, scholars, and artists to the ruins of the great civilizations of the Americas could not believe that the "savages" now inhabiting these areas could ever have been civilized enough to produce these monuments. These explorers said that the monuments in the Americas had been created by the Egyptians, Carthaginians, or the Phoenecians. Catherwood, having made many trips to the Mediterranean to draw the monuments made by the Egyptians, Carthaginians, and Phoenecians, stated that the monuments in the Americas bear no architectural similarity to those in the Old World. Thus, they must have been made by the native people of the area. Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Sir Fred Catherwood (born 31 January 1925 in Castledawson, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) was a UK politician and writer. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 346 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (376 × 652 pixel, file size: 48 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image of Frederick Catherwood, early 1840s. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 346 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (376 × 652 pixel, file size: 48 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image of Frederick Catherwood, early 1840s. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... The Maya civilization is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as its spectacular art, monumental architecture, and sophisticated mathematical and astronomical systems. ... Carthage (Greek: , Latin: , from the Phoenician meaning new town; Arabic: ) refers both to an ancient city in North Africa located in modern day Tunis and to the civilization that developed within the citys sphere of influence. ... Phoenecia is an IDM duo from Miami, Florida comprised of Romulo del Castillo and Joshua Kay. ...

Catherwood made visits to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and Palestine and with Joseph Bonomi the Younger made drawings and watercolors of the ancient remains there. During a six-week period in 1833, Catherwood was probably the first Westerner to make a detailed survey of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.^[1] Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ... Joseph Bonomi the Younger (9 October 1796 – 3 March 1878) was an English sculptor, artist, egyptologist and museum curator. ... The term Western world, the West or the Occident (Latin occidens -sunset, -west, as distinct from the Orient) [1] can have multiple meanings dependent on its context (e. ... The Dome of the Rock in the center of the Temple Mount, or Mount Moriah The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ...

Catherwood developed a sizeable reputation as a topographical artist, and perfected a drawing technique which used the camera lucida. Camera Lucida (in French, La Chambre Claire) is a short book published in 1980 by the French literary critic Roland Barthes. ...

In 1836 he met travel writer John Lloyd Stephens in London. They read the account of the ruins of Copán published by Juan Galindo, and decided to try to visit Central America themselves and produce a more detailed and better illustrated account. The expedition came together in 1839 and continued through the following year, visiting and documenting dozens of ruins, many for the first time. Stephens and Catherwood are credited for the "rediscovery" of the Maya civilization, and through their publications brought the Maya back into the minds of the Western World. Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... John Lloyd Stephens in 1839 John Lloyd Stephens (November 28, 1805–October 13, 1852) was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Location of Copán The Pre-Columbian city now known as Copán is a locale in extreme western Honduras, in the Copán Department, near to the Guatemalan border. ... Juan Galindo (1802 – 1839) was a Central American explorer and army officer. ... For other uses, see Central America (disambiguation). ... 1839 (MDCCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The expedition resulted in the book Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, published in 1841, with text by Stephens and engravings based on the drawings of Catherwood. Chiapas is a state in the southeast of Mexico. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Stephens and Catherwood returned to Yucatan to make further explorations, resulting in Incidents of Travel in Yucatan in 1843.

The following year Catherwood published Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, with 25 color lithographs from watercolors he made at various ruins. Lithography is a method for printing on a smooth surface, as well as a method of manufacturing semiconductor and MEMS devices. ...

Main temple at Tulum, by Catherwood, from "Views of Ancient Monuments"

A large number of his original drawings and paintings were destroyed when the building where he was exhibiting them in New York City caught fire, but a number survive in museums and private collections, often showing more detail than the published engravings. Tulum, lithograph published by Frederick Catherwood in 1844 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Tulum, lithograph published by Frederick Catherwood in 1844 This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

With the California Gold Rush Catherwood moved to San Francisco, California to open up a store to supply miners and prospectors, which he considered a more likely way to make money than chasing after the gold himself. The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutters Mill. ... Nickname: Location of the City and County of San Francisco, California Coordinates: , Country United States of America State California City-County San Francisco Government  - Mayor Gavin Newsom Area  - City  47 sq mi (122 km²)  - Land  46. ...

In 1854, Frederick Catherwood was a passenger aboard the steamship Arctic, making a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from London to New York. On September 20, in conditions of poor visibility, the Arctic collided with another vessel, and sank with much loss of life, including Catherwood. He was 55 years old. 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Paddle steamers - Lucerne-Switzerland Left: original paddlewheel from a paddle steamer on the lake of Lucerne. ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Catherwood was a subject of three books Victor Wolfgang von Hagen: F. Catherwood 1799-1854 - architect-explorer of two worlds (1946, with an introduction by Aldous Huxley), Frederick Catherwood, Architect (1950) and Search for the Maya: The Story of Stephens and Catherwood (1973). Victor Wolfgang von Hagen (1908– ) was a US-American explorer, archaeological historian, anthropologist and travel writer who travelled the South Americas with his wife Christine. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

In 2007, "Casa Frederick Catherwood" was established in Merida, Yucatan, which has a permanent exhibition of the 25 lithographs from "Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas & Yucatan."

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