Note XXI‑60 — Chapter XXI · GUATEMALA AND CHIAPAS. 1551-1600.
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The king's grant of one half of the first year's tribute from the encomiendas becoming vacant during ten years, was of great assistance in opening these ports. The president sends a map of the port and of the country for more than 15 leagues about it. Santiago Cabildo, Carta al Rey (April 20, 1591), in Arévalo, Col. Doc. Antig., 77-8.