The History of Yucatan: From Its Discovery to the Close of the Seventeenth Century |
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... remained unknown . It is true that an expedition sailed from the island of Porto Rico in 1512 , which took a north - westerly direction ; but Juan Ponce de Leon , who commanded it , though he succeeded in dis- covering the island of ...
... remained unknown . It is true that an expedition sailed from the island of Porto Rico in 1512 , which took a north - westerly direction ; but Juan Ponce de Leon , who commanded it , though he succeeded in dis- covering the island of ...
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... remained only till the 15th in the Bay of Ascension , when , finding that the shore retreated to the south - west , and thinking pro- bably that it would be safer to follow in the track of Francisco de Cordova , he again turned ...
... remained only till the 15th in the Bay of Ascension , when , finding that the shore retreated to the south - west , and thinking pro- bably that it would be safer to follow in the track of Francisco de Cordova , he again turned ...
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... remained that the agreement between Velas- quez and Cortes , as trading partners , should be publicly attested , and this , says Gomara , took place on the 23rd of October , 1518 , before the Royal Notary Alonso de Escalante2 . The ...
... remained that the agreement between Velas- quez and Cortes , as trading partners , should be publicly attested , and this , says Gomara , took place on the 23rd of October , 1518 , before the Royal Notary Alonso de Escalante2 . The ...
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... remained on shore that night , and after accounting for the interval that took place , lands him again on the 4th of October at the port of Xaruco ; on the 5th he places him in the port of Chipiona , and on the 8th in that of Matanzas ...
... remained on shore that night , and after accounting for the interval that took place , lands him again on the 4th of October at the port of Xaruco ; on the 5th he places him in the port of Chipiona , and on the 8th in that of Matanzas ...
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... remained unnoticed by the Spaniards . The 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 ...
... remained unnoticed by the Spaniards . The 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 ...
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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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