Spanish conquest of Yucatán
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The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Maya states and polities in the Yucatán Peninsula, a vast limestone plain coverin
European-introduced smallpox devastated the indigenous populations of the Americas
Bartholomew Columbus came across a Yucatec Maya canoe in the Gulf of Honduras
Francisco Hernández de Córdoba
Governor Diego Velázquez de Cuellar claimed the discovery of wealthy cities and gold in Yucatán
Yucatán Peninsula
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The Yucatán Peninsula is a large peninsula in southeast Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north an
Spanish conquest of Yucatán
…The Spanish conquest of Yucatán was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Maya states and polities in the Yucatán Peninsula, a vast limestone plain covering south-eastern Mexico, northern Guatemala, and all of Belize. The Spanish conquest of the Yucatán Peninsula was hindered…
Artistic impression of the asteroid slamming into tropical, shallow seas of the sulfur-rich Yucatán Peninsula in what is today Southeast Mexico. The aftermath of this immense asteroid collision, which occurred approximately 66 million years ago, is believed to have caused the mass extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and many other species on Earth. The impact spewed hundreds of billions of tons of sulfur into the atmosphere, producing a worldwide blackout and freezing temperatures that persisted for at least a decade.
El Castillo, at Chichen Itza
Sediment off the Yucatán Peninsula
Location of the "Ring of Cenotes" on the Yucatán Peninsula