The History of Yucatan: From Its Discovery to the Close of the Seventeenth Century |
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... accompanied him ; his pilot was Alaminos de Palos de Muguer , and the King's comptroller , Ber- nardin Iniguez de la Calzada . It is further related that he took with him a barque belonging to the Governor , 1 Gomara : La Historia de ...
... accompanied him ; his pilot was Alaminos de Palos de Muguer , and the King's comptroller , Ber- nardin Iniguez de la Calzada . It is further related that he took with him a barque belonging to the Governor , 1 Gomara : La Historia de ...
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... accompanied the expedition , which numbered " muchos caballeros é hidalgos , " and amongst them was Bernal Diaz del Castillo , the " Conquistador , " and author of the True History of the Conquest of New Spain , ' who had been with ...
... accompanied the expedition , which numbered " muchos caballeros é hidalgos , " and amongst them was Bernal Diaz del Castillo , the " Conquistador , " and author of the True History of the Conquest of New Spain , ' who had been with ...
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... accompanied as far as Guaca- sualco by the Royal Factor , Gonzalo de Salazar , and the Overseer Peralvides Chirinos 3. To obtain supplies of fresh meat on his march , Cortes took with him a large herd of swine , sows as well as pigs ...
... accompanied as far as Guaca- sualco by the Royal Factor , Gonzalo de Salazar , and the Overseer Peralvides Chirinos 3. To obtain supplies of fresh meat on his march , Cortes took with him a large herd of swine , sows as well as pigs ...
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... accompany Cortes into Mayapan , the intermediate country between Guatemala and Yucatan , it may be desirable to speak of the nation of the Itzaex , and the various tribes of Indians who then inhabited it . 55 CHAPTER IV . TRADITION OF ...
... accompany Cortes into Mayapan , the intermediate country between Guatemala and Yucatan , it may be desirable to speak of the nation of the Itzaex , and the various tribes of Indians who then inhabited it . 55 CHAPTER IV . TRADITION OF ...
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... accompanied by ten or twelve archers , set out with the Indian , who guided them by the shore of the lake till they reached the inlet , across which they contrived to wade , though the water was up to their waists and sometimes above it ...
... accompanied by ten or twelve archers , set out with the Indian , who guided them by the shore of the lake till they reached the inlet , across which they contrived to wade , though the water was up to their waists and sometimes above it ...
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Acalan Adelantado Alcalde Alonso Amezquita amongst arrived arrows Bacalar baptized Bernal Diaz Bishop cacique called Campeachy Cán Canek canoes Captain Casas Cedula Champoton CHAP Chiapa Christian church coast Cogolludo command Cortes Cozumel Cristoval cross death Delgado despatched dians Diego Velasquez Dolores Don Martin embassy expedition Father Commissary Fcap Francisco Francisco de Montejo Friars Fuensalida gave Governor of Yucatan Grijalva Guatemala Honduras idols Indians inhabitants island Itza Itzaex Itzalans journey Juan King Lacandones lake land leagues letter Mazariegos Merida Mexico mission missionaries Montejo Mopan mountains natives Nohhaa Orbita pacification Paredes party Pedro Peten Portrait Post 8vo President of Guatemala priests prisoners proceeded province Puchutlas reached received river road Royal says Second Edition sent shore Soberanis soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish Tabasco Tayasal tion Tipu took town tribes troops Ursua Velasco vessels Villagutierre Villaquiran Vols Woodcuts Zaclun
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