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Author Jones, Grant D., 1941- author

Title The conquest of the last Maya kingdom / Grant D. Jones
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 568 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book
Contents The Itzas and their neighbors -- Itza-Spanish encounters, 1525-1690 -- Itza society and kingship on the eve of conquest -- Power politics -- The birth of the Camino Real -- Franciscans on the Camino Real -- The Itza emissaries -- Avendaño and Ajaw Kan Ek' -- Itza-Spanish warfare -- The costs of the Camino Real -- The eve of conquest -- Occupation and interrogation -- Prisoners of conquest -- Reconquest, epidemic, and warfare -- Missions, rebellion, and survival
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-538) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Itza Indians -- History -- Sources
Itza Indians -- Politics and government
Itza Indians -- Government relations
Itza Indians
Itza Indians -- Politics and government
Colonies -- Administration
Spanish colonies
SUBJECT Petén (Guatemala : Dept.) -- History -- Sources
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084574
Spain -- Colonies -- America -- Administration
Subject America
Guatemala -- Petén (Department)
Mexico
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0804733171
9780804733175
0804735220
9780804735223
Other Titles Maya kingdom