Edward Burnett Tylor
Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylorwas an English anthropologist, the founder of cultural anthropology...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth2 October 1832
building english-scientist grand high seen towers
The Cathedral, for instance, is really a very grand building when seen from a little distance, with its two high towers and its cupola behind.
arms english-scientist mexican passport rock silver surrounded
If you look at the arms of the Mexican Republic, on a passport or a silver dollar, you will see a representation of a rock surrounded by water.
branch draw english-scientist fig ground indian rooted sent smooth themselves trees
The Indian fig trees sent down from every branch suckers, like smooth strings, which rooted themselves in the ground to draw up more water.
english-scientist plateau
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.
journey june mexico
The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback.
writing men wife
If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.
building-houses people matter
The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.
huts universal built
There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.
feet mexico plateaus
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.
aztec mexican
Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.
lakes valleys mexico
During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.
truth strict regard
I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
romance
There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.
lying snow valleys
Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.