- Editorial:
- STANFORD
- Año de edición:
- 1998
- Materia:
- Literatura histórica en inglés
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8047-3522-3
- Páginas:
- 568
- Encuadernación:
- Tapa blanda
THE CONQUEST OF THE LAST MAYA KINGDOM
GRANT D. JONES
On March 13, 1697, Spanish troops from Yucatán attacked and occupied Nojpeten, the capital of the Maya people known as Itzas, the inhabitants of the last unconquered native New World kingdom. This political and ritual center--located on a small island in a lake in the tropical forests of northern Guatemala--was densely covered with temples, royal palaces, and thatched houses, and its capture represented a decisive moment in the final chapter of the Spanish conquest of the Mayas.
The capture of Nojpeten climaxed more than two years of preparation by the Spaniards, after efforts by the military forces and Franciscan missionaries to negotiate a peaceful surrender with the Itzas had been rejected by the Itza ruling council and its ruler Ajaw Kan Ek\u0092.
