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Born September 8, 1814 • France
Died January 8, 1874 (aged 59) • Nice • France
Subjects Of Study Central America • Mexico • prehistoric age
Maya bloodletting
Claude-Joseph-Désiré Charnay
French archaeologist
John Lloyd Stephens
American archaeologist
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Mexican military officer
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
president of Mexico
Enrique Peña Nieto
Enrique Peña Nieto
president of Mexico
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez
president of Mexico
Lázaro Cárdenas.
Lázaro Cárdenas
president of Mexico
Emiliano Zapata
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican revolutionary
Prescott, William H
William H. Prescott
American historian
Marcos, Subcomandante
Subcomandante Marcos
Mexican leader
Edward Burnett Tylor
Sir Edward Burnett Tylor
British anthropologist
Francisco Madero
Francisco Madero
president of Mexico
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Porfirio Díaz
Porfirio Díaz
president of Mexico
Vicente Fox
Vicente Fox
president of Mexico
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug
American scientist
Antonio López de Santa Anna
Antonio López de Santa Anna
president of Mexico
Julia Carabias Lillo
Mexican ecologist and environmentalist
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas
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