Jean Frederick Waldeck (1766-1875) was a French antiquarian, cartographer, artist and explorer.
He sketched the Maya ruins, and believed that the Maya had developed from Old World stock and saw Hindu influences in the glyph.
(source: The Magnificent Maya – Lost Civilizations – Time Life Books p. 20 – 21 and The Ayar-Incas - By Miles Poindexter published by Horace Liveright New York volume 1-2. 1930). Refer to Who Discovered America? - By Ricardo Palleres.

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