Chapter II

Footnote 2.1: The question of nomenclature is a puzzling one. In Appendix I will be found a number of the almost innumerable variations of the name of Itza. The Spanish writers use both Peten and Tayasal when they mean the Itza stronghold. As Peten really means island, I shall use Tayasal in the future.

Footnote 2.2: This is an error. The greatest length of Lake Peten runs east and west. The dimensions, like many of Avendaño's distances, are most inaccurate.

Footnote 2.3: A gloss reads "adoratorios."

Footnote 2.4: A gloss reads "mesa de piedra en cassa del rei."

Footnote 2.5: This is difficult to understand, as the early Maya peoples had recorded numbers running into the millions.