Le Plongeon, Augustus

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Augustus Le Plongeon

(1825–1908)

Antiquarian and photographer who studied Maya ruins in Yucatán. His photographs provide an early record of the monuments; his speculative accounts of Maya origins were rejected by later scholarship.

Some links:

• CTD article in Russian: Лё-Плонжон, Огюст
• Other resources: Biographical source, The Theosophist, vol. 6, December 1884, p. 64-65

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Lifetime: 1825–1908
Shortly: Antiquarian and photographer who studied Maya ruins in Yucatán. His photographs provide an early rec...