Potonchán
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Potonchán, was a Chontal Maya city, capital of the minor kingdom known as Tavasco or Tabasco. It occupied the left bank of the Tabasco River, which the Spanish renamed the Grijalva River, in the current Mexican state of Tabasco.
Monument to the Mayan chief Tabscoob in Villahermosa, Tabasco.
The encounter between Juan de Grijalva and the Mayan chief Tabscoob occurred in Potonchán on June 8, 1518.
Hernán Cortés, Conqueror of Potonchán and founder of Santa María de la Victoria, first Spanish settlement in New Spain.
Entrance of Hernán Cortés into the city of Potonchán in 1519.
Tabasco
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Tabasco, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tabasco, is one of the 32 Federal Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided into 17 municipalities and its capital city is Villahermosa.
Grijalva River flowing through Villahermosa
View of Villahermosa, the capital of Tabasco
Comalcalco