Ebook: Yucatan Before and After the Conquest

Only significant account done of Yucatan in post-Conquest era. Describes geography and natural history of the peninsula, gives brief history of Mayan life, discusses Spanish conquest and its effects, and provides a long summary of Maya civilization. Translator William Gates has added appendices, 4 maps, and over 120 illustrations.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; INTRODUCTION; YUCATAN -- BEFORE AND AFTER THE CONQUEST; SEC. I. DESCRIPTION OF YUCATAN. VARIETY OF SEASONS.; SEC. II. ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAME OF THIS PROVINCE. ITS SITUATION.; SEC. III. CAPTIVITY OF GERONIMO DE AGUILAR. EXPEDITION OF HERNANDEZ DE CORDOBA AND GRIJALVA TO YUCATAN.; SEC. IV. EXPEDITION OF CORTES TO COZUMEL. LETTER TO AGUILAR AND HIS FRIENDS.; SEC. V. PROVINCES OF YUCATAN. ITS PRINCIPAL ANCIENT STRUCTURES, ; SEC. VI. CUCULCAN. FOUNDATION OF MAYAPAN.; SEC. VII. GOVERNMENT, PRIESTHOOD, SCIENCES, LETTERS AND BOOKS IN YUCATAN.