Yucatan before and after the conquest / by Diego de Landa ; translated with notes by William Gates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Landa, Diego de, 1524-1579.

Series:

Publication (Maya Society) ; no. 20.

Standardized Title:

Relación de las cosas de Yucatán. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mayas.

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--History.

Yucatán (Mexico : State).

Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Dover Publications, 1978.

Summary:

Describes geography and natural history of the peninsula, gives brief history of Mayan life, discusses Spanish conquest, and provides a long summary of Maya civilization. 4 maps, and over 120 illustrations.

Notes:

Translation of Relación de las cosas de Yucatán.

Reprint of the 1937 ed. published by the Maya Society, Baltimore, which was issued as no. 20 of the Society's Publication.

ISBN:

0486236226 :

OCLC:

4136621