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Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
Squier, Ephraim George 1821-1888 Historian; born in Bethlehem, N. Y., June 17, 1821; engaged in journalism and civil engineering. From 1845 to 1848 he edited the Scioto gazette at Chillicothe, O., and became familiar with the ancient mounds in the Scioto Valley. In conjunction with Dr. Edward H. Davis, of Ohio, he began a systematic investigation of the aboriginal monuments of the Mississippi Valley, the results of which were published in the first volume of the Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Thenceforth his life was devoted to researches into the archaeology and ethnology of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropologica
Bethlehem (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
Squier, Ephraim George 1821-1888 Historian; born in Bethlehem, N. Y., June 17, 1821; engaged in journalism and civil engineering. From 1845 to 1848 he edited the Scioto gazette at Chillicothe, O., and became familiar with the ancient mounds in the Scioto Valley. In conjunction with Dr. Edward H. Davis, of Ohio, he began a systematic investigation of the aboriginal monuments of the Mississippi Valley, the results of which were published in the first volume of the Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Thenceforth his life was devoted to researches into the archaeology and ethnology of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropologica
Central America (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
logy of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards publisheriginal monuments of the State of Yew York; Serpent symbols; Nicaragua: its people, scenery, and monuments; Notes on Central America; Waikua, or adventures on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have written on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have written on the aboriginal Languages of Central America; and Peru: incidents and Explorations in the Land of the Incas. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1888.on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have written on the aboriginal Languages of Central America; and Peru: incidents and Explorations in the Land of the Incas. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1888.
Nicaragua (Nicaragua) (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
es into the archaeology and ethnology of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropological Institute of New York. Mr. Squier's researches and publications thereon have added greatly to the sum of human knowledge. His publications include Aboriginal monuments of the State of Yew York; Serpent symbols; Nicaragua: its people, scenery, and monuments; Notes on Central America; Waikua, or adventures on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have written on the aboriginal Languages of Central America; and Peru: incidents and Explorations in the Land of the Incas. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1888.
Brooklyn (New York, United States) (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
es into the archaeology and ethnology of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropological Institute of New York. Mr. Squier's researches and publications thereon have added greatly to the sum of human knowledge. His publications include Aboriginal monuments of the State of Yew York; Serpent symbols; Nicaragua: its people, scenery, and monuments; Notes on Central America; Waikua, or adventures on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have written on the aboriginal Languages of Central America; and Peru: incidents and Explorations in the Land of the Incas. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1888.
Peru (Peru) (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
ge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropological Institute of New York. Mr. Squier's researches and publications thereon have added greatly to the sum of human knowledge. His publications include Aboriginal monuments of tcations thereon have added greatly to the sum of human knowledge. His publications include Aboriginal monuments of the State of Yew York; Serpent symbols; Nicaragua: its people, scenery, and monuments; Notes on Central America; Waikua, or adventures on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have written on the aboriginal Languages of Central America; and Peru: incidents and Explorations in the Land of the Incas. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1888.
United States (United States) (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
pi Valley, the results of which were published in the first volume of the Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Thenceforth his life was devoted to researches into the archaeology and ethnology of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropological Institute of New York. Mr. Squier's researches and publications thereon have added greatly to the sum of human knowledge. His publications include Aboriginal monuments of the State of Yew York; Serpent symbols; Nicaragua: its people, scenery, and monuments; Notes on Central America; Waikua, or adventures on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have writt
Chillicothe (Ohio, United States) (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
Squier, Ephraim George 1821-1888 Historian; born in Bethlehem, N. Y., June 17, 1821; engaged in journalism and civil engineering. From 1845 to 1848 he edited the Scioto gazette at Chillicothe, O., and became familiar with the ancient mounds in the Scioto Valley. In conjunction with Dr. Edward H. Davis, of Ohio, he began a systematic investigation of the aboriginal monuments of the Mississippi Valley, the results of which were published in the first volume of the Smithsonian contributions to knowledge. Thenceforth his life was devoted to researches into the archaeology and ethnology of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropologic
Ephraim George Squier (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
Squier, Ephraim George 1821-1888 Historian; born in Bethlehem, N. Y., June 17, 1821; engaged in journalism and civil engineering. From 1845 to 1848 he edited the Scioto gazette at Chillicothe, O., and became familiar with the ancient mounds in the Scioto Valley. In conjunction with Dr. Edward H. Davis, of Ohio, he began a systematic investigation of the aboriginal monuments of the Mississippi Valley, the results of which were published in the first volume of the Smithsonian contributions struction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropological Institute of New York. Mr. Squier's researches and publications thereon have added greatly to the sum of human knowledge. His publications include Aboriginal monuments of the State of Yew York; Serpent symbols; Nicaragua: its people, scenery, and monuments; Notes on Central Am
York (search for this): entry squier-ephraim-george
hes into the archaeology and ethnology of the ancient races of the American continent. In 1848 he was appointed charge d'affaires to the republics of Central America, where he made special efforts towards securing the construction of an interoceanic railway, and afterwards published several works concerning those countries. He was United States commissioner to Peru in 1863-64, and in 1871 became the first president of the Anthropological Institute of New York. Mr. Squier's researches and publications thereon have added greatly to the sum of human knowledge. His publications include Aboriginal monuments of the State of Yew York; Serpent symbols; Nicaragua: its people, scenery, and monuments; Notes on Central America; Waikua, or adventures on the Mosquito shore; The States of Central America; Monographs of authors who have written on the aboriginal Languages of Central America; and Peru: incidents and Explorations in the Land of the Incas. He died in Brooklyn, N. Y., April 17, 1888.
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