The History of Yucatan: From Its Discovery to the Close of the Seventeenth Century |
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... leagues distant from the mainland of America . From this island , which offered nothing to detain him , he could descry , to the south , a high range of mountains , beyond which he trusted to find the long- desired region of Cathay ...
... leagues distant from the mainland of America . From this island , which offered nothing to detain him , he could descry , to the south , a high range of mountains , beyond which he trusted to find the long- desired region of Cathay ...
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... leagues , he was obliged to construct no less than five hundred bridges2 . Arrived at the frontier town of this province , Cortes pursued his route amidst increasing difficulties , till he came to " a very mighty river , called the ...
... leagues , he was obliged to construct no less than five hundred bridges2 . Arrived at the frontier town of this province , Cortes pursued his route amidst increasing difficulties , till he came to " a very mighty river , called the ...
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... leagues distant from Yztapan , and that I would wait for them there . " But before we accompany Cortes into Mayapan , the intermediate country between Guatemala and Yucatan , it may be desirable to speak of the nation of the Itzaex ...
... leagues distant from Yztapan , and that I would wait for them there . " But before we accompany Cortes into Mayapan , the intermediate country between Guatemala and Yucatan , it may be desirable to speak of the nation of the Itzaex ...
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... league , ye shall see the Cross , which will appear and lighten up the sky from pole to pole . The worship of vain gods shall cease . Your father comes , O Itzalanos ! Your brother comes , O Tantunites ! Re- ceive your barbarous bearded ...
... league , ye shall see the Cross , which will appear and lighten up the sky from pole to pole . The worship of vain gods shall cease . Your father comes , O Itzalanos ! Your brother comes , O Tantunites ! Re- ceive your barbarous bearded ...
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... not go in the Indian boats , to pass the lake and pursue their march . Canek said that he would have to keep near the lake only for three leagues , and that , whilst the army went by land , Cortes should go with him to.
... not go in the Indian boats , to pass the lake and pursue their march . Canek said that he would have to keep near the lake only for three leagues , and that , whilst the army went by land , Cortes should go with him to.
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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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