Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Earning his freedom, guerrero became a respected warrior under a maya lord and raised three of the first mestizo children in mexico and presumably the first mixed children of the. Few realize that this is a monument honoring gonzalo guerrero, who chose to join the maya and hence fathered the first mestizo family. Gonzalo guerrero, the history of a conquered conquistador. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Join facebook to connect with gonzalo guerrero and others you may know. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the confessions of gonzalo guerrero. Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, and phone. A spanish sailorsoldier, he was shipwrecked in 1511 and taken as a slave by the maya. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Gonzalo guerrero, who led military campaigns and died in battle against his compatriots, was conquered by the mayan world, by the caribbean, by the local customs and by a woman and three sons, and perhaps by the power that he had gained in that paradisiacal place.
Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Gonzalos daughter was rumored to have been sacrificed in the cenote at chichen itza to end a locust plague. What made him remarkable is that he assimilated into the maya culture. Visitors to akumal bay pass a statue of an indian family, the warrior husband in front protecting his wife and children. We bring to consideration if he was a traitor or a hero. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover gonzalos. Earning his freedom, guerrero became a respected warrior under a maya lord and raised three of the first mestizo children in mexico. Gonzalo eventually gained the trust of his captors, and even used his military knowledge to aid them in battle. View gonzalo guerreros profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Gonzalo guerrero in chetumal, where the mestiza was born. The confessions of gonzalo guerrero kindle edition by.
I married a mayan woman, have three children, am chief and captain, taken their ways with tattoos, pierced ears and scared facethis is my place. Gonzalo guerrero, a spanish soldier that by the whims of destiny became a mayan leader in the sixteenth century, whose military training restrained the conquest of the yucatan peninsula for more than twenty years. The confessions of gonzalo guerrero kindle edition by reisinger, john. Find unique places to stay with local hosts in 191 countries. Instead, he was captured by the mayans, and became a slave. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Gonzalo guerrero was a sailor from palos, in spain who shipwrecked along the yucatan.
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