La Esfinge Indiana: antiguos y nuevos aspectos del problema de los origenes americanos

Abstract

A THOUGH there is no reference to W. H. Prescott A in this book, its title, “The Indian Sphinx,”and the author's frequent references to himself as the Oedipus who is solving the riddle, suggest thatPrescott's famous book “The Conquest of Mexico,“ which was published in 1843, had made a stronger impression upon him than he is prepared to admit. Both in the introduction and the lengthy appendix, Prescott gave an impressive summary of the evidence which forced him to admit, although it is clear he was very reluctant to do so, “that the coincidences are sufficiently strong to authorise a belief that the civilisation of Anahuac was in some degree influenced by that of Eastern Asia.“ At the same time, perhaps from having read Robertson's History, he was puzzled to account for the scores of arbitrary likenesses between the customs and beliefs of ancient Mexico and Asia. Thus he wrote:

La Esfinge Indiana: antiguos y nuevos aspectos del problema de los origenes americanos.

By Prof. J. Imbelloni. Pp. 399 + 19 plates. (Buenos Aires: Libreria "El Ateneo," 1926.) n.p.