Pedro de Portocarrero was a Spanish conquistador who was active in the early 16th century in Guatemala, and Chiapas in southern Mexico. He was one of the few Spanish noblemen that took part in the ear
Modern memorial stone in the ruins of Antigua cathedral, marking Pedro de Portocarrero's tomb
Spanish conquest of Chiapas
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The Spanish conquest of Chiapas was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated into the modern M
Pedro de Portocarrero (conquistador)
…Spanish was underway. Portocarrero died "of old age" before 1539. At the time of his death, he still held Sacatepéquez and Ostuncalco in encomienda. Spanish conquest of Chiapas…
The Sumidero Canyon is formed as the Grijalva River cuts across the central plateau of Chiapas
Recreation of a battle between an indigenous person and a conquistador.
Pedro de Alvarado passed through Soconusco with a large army in 1523
Santiago Matamoros was a readily identifiable image of Spanish military superiority