Pre-historic Native American legends tell of white men with beards landing on the shores of the New World, bringing knowledge of science, engineering, and laws, and more. In the legends, they arrived in huge ships with swan wings, and the strange fair-skinned, blue-eyed, men wore black gowns. In the Yucatan jungle, elders call these legendary men Quetzalcoatl, Viracocha, Kukulkan, and other ancient men. And who were these men? Where did they come from, and when did they arrive? These are the questions Pierre Honoré poses and answers in for his absorbing quest into the mysterious heritage of South and Central American civilisation. In part an account of the Indian civilisations of Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Yucatan and Honduras, and in part an absorbing piece of historical detection, Honoré maintains that the legendary gods of the Indians once existed in reality, and suggests a solution to the mystery of who they were.