The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 2: The Native Races; Vol II, Civilized Nations (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Astronomical Knowledge of the Aztecs - Contradictions of Authors re specting the Calendar - Value of the Researches of Various W'rit ers - The First Regular Calendar - The Mexican Cycle - The Civil Year - The Aztec Months - Names of the Days and their Significa tion - The Commencement of the Aztec Year The Ritual Calendar - Gama's Arrangement of the Months - The calendar-stone - The Four Destructions of the 'orld - The Calendar of Michoacan Reckoning of the Zapotecs.

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