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History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Avendaño's Map of Lake Peten, Circa 1697
Avendaño's Map of Lake Peten, Circa 1697
Avendaño's Map with English Translation
Avendaño's Map with English Translation
Peten Itza in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century
Peten Itza in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century
Lake Peten and Flores
Lake Peten and Flores
Sketch (with English Translation) of a Map of Yucatan, circa 1566, found with the Landa Ms.
Sketch (with English Translation) of a Map of Yucatan, circa 1566, found with the Landa Ms.
Sketch (with English Translation) of Another Map of Yucatan, circa 1566, found with the Landa Ms.
Sketch (with English Translation) of Another Map of Yucatan, circa 1566, found with the Landa Ms.
Map showing Entradas to Lake Peten
Map showing Entradas to Lake Peten

[Transcriber's Note: This map in drastically incomplete because of the folds. The map is intended to show the Entradas of Cortez (1524-1525), Fuensalida and Orbita (1618), Gallegos and Delgado (1675), President Barrios (1694-1695), Padre Cano (1695), and Padre Andres de Avendaño y Loyola (1695, 1696).]

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