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
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.
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.
strong children people
Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.
humanity unbroken lasts
Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to last preserving an unbroken continuity, into the midst of high modern culture.
city decided district english-scientist great mining silver week
When we had been a week or two in the city of Mexico, we decided upon making an excursion to the great silver mining district of the Real del Monte.
english-scientist grand mexico situation taking truly
Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.