About Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough

Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough was an Irish antiquarian who sought to prove that the indigenous peoples of the Americas were a Lost Tribe of Israel. His principal contribution was in making available facsimiles of ancient documents and some of the earliest explorers' reports on pre-Columbian ruins and Maya civilisation.

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Edward King, Viscount Kingsborough

Irish antiquarian (1795-1837)

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