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Yucatan Before and After the Conquest
Yucatan Before and After the Conquest
Author: Friar Diego de Landa
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.
ISBN-13: 9780486236223
ISBN-10: 0486236226
Publication Date: 5/1/1978
Pages: 162
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Publisher: Dover Publications
Book Type: Paperback
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A fine first source on Mayan History and the conquest of Yucatan and nearby refirst "gions. One of the few sources to give good "first hand" information on how the Maya lived.


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