Tabscoob was a halach uinik of the Potonchán jurisdiction, known for leading the Chontal Maya in the Battle of Centla against Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés on March 14, 1519.
Monument to Tabscoob in Villahermosa, Tabasco.
Meeting of the Maya chief Tabscoob with the Spaniard Juan de Grijalva in 1518.
The entrance of Hernán Cortés into the city of "Potonchán" or "Tabasco."
Battle of Centla between the hosts of Tabscoob and the army of Hernán Cortés.
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.