The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel
by
Munro S. Edmonson
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
When the Spaniards conquered the Yucatan Peninsula in the early 1500s, they made a great effort to destroy or Christianize the native cultures flourishing there. That they were in large part unsuccessful is evidenced by the survival of a number of documents written in Maya and preserved and added to...