The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom

by Grant Jones

Book Overview

On March 13, 1697, Spanish troops from Yucat n attacked and occupied Nojpeten, the capital of the Maya people known as Itzas, the inhabitants of the last unconquered native New World kingdom. This political and ritual center-located on a small island in a lake in the tropical forests of northern Guatemala-was densely covered with temples, royal palaces, and thatched houses, and its capture represented a decisive moment in the final chapter of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804735220
• ISBN13: 9780804735223
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"