The History of Yucatan: From Its Discovery to the Close of the Seventeenth Century |
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... desire that the strangers should visit their town , but , fatigued by following paths which led only into deep marshes , the Spaniards returned on board , and coasting the island , saw many houses built with stone and mortar and well ...
... desire that the strangers should visit their town , but , fatigued by following paths which led only into deep marshes , the Spaniards returned on board , and coasting the island , saw many houses built with stone and mortar and well ...
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... desire for conquest and the impulse of discovery tended constantly towards the south , as much in the expectation of finding the supposed passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific , as on the immediate reward which was derived from ...
... desire for conquest and the impulse of discovery tended constantly towards the south , as much in the expectation of finding the supposed passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific , as on the immediate reward which was derived from ...
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... desire for Cortes to return to Mexico arose from the jealousy he entertained of those who had been left in the exercise of authority ; but finding that Cortes was firm of purpose , and not to be deterred from his object , he directed ...
... desire for Cortes to return to Mexico arose from the jealousy he entertained of those who had been left in the exercise of authority ; but finding that Cortes was firm of purpose , and not to be deterred from his object , he directed ...
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... desire to discredit the announcement of this impending conversion , few , we imagine , can read the terms in which it is conveyed without some suspicion as to their origin ; and whether a vague intimation of com- ing change had been ...
... desire to discredit the announcement of this impending conversion , few , we imagine , can read the terms in which it is conveyed without some suspicion as to their origin ; and whether a vague intimation of com- ing change had been ...
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... desire to compel women to their bad purposes : these offer the roses to smell , or place them under the pillow , and if the person to whom they are given inhales the scent , she loses her reason for a length of time , and calls for him ...
... desire to compel women to their bad purposes : these offer the roses to smell , or place them under the pillow , and if the person to whom they are given inhales the scent , she loses her reason for a length of time , and calls for him ...
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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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