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.
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.