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 or Tavasco was a Chontal Maya Nation in the westernmost area of the Maya region.
A Statue of Tabscoob
Grijalva and Tabscoob
Hernan attacking Potonchan