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Pacific, Maudsley became interested in the collection of ethnographic materials. Eventually, his donation of these materials to Cambridge contributed to the formation of the University Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Before he left the region, Maudsley was thinking seriously
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Central America, Mexico and parts of the United States, including the recently established Yosemite Park. After returning home, Maudslay again postponed medical school
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Jamaica with the intention of establishing a tobacco plantation. An outbreak of yellow fever on the island forced him to change plans and head for Trinidad. On his way there he made the acquaintance of
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Norwood Lodge, near London, on 18 March 1850. He was the eighth of nine children born to Joseph Maudslay and Anna Maria, née Johnson. His grandfather was the eminent engineer
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66:(1889â1902). The massive five volume set continues to serve as an important work of reference for the study of Maya culture. In 1908, he made a complete translation, with annotations, of
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who was also an archaeologist.They remained friends after graduation and Clark may have influenced
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in the 1880s and both spent several weeks at the site and took extensive photographs. Maudslay published the first long-form description of
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drew impressions of the casts before they were shipped to museums in
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was added as an appendix. The accuracy and attention to detail set a standard for future archaeological reports.
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had gone bankrupt and reduced Maudslay's income. He unsuccessfully applied for funding from the
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