Maya Conquistador

Exploring firsthand accounts written by Maya nobles from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries-many of them previously untranslated-Restall offers the first Maya account of the conquest. The story holds surprising twists: The conquistadors were not only Spaniards but also Mayas, reconstructing their own governance and society, and the Spanish colonization of the Yucatan was part of an ongoing pattern of adaptation and survival for centuries.

• | Author: Matthew Restall
• | Publisher: Beacon Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 30, 1999
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0807055077
• | ISBN-13: 9780807055076