Author: Jones, Grant D.
Title: The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom
Description: Stanford [CA], Stanford University Press, (1998). orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, xxvii,568 pp. PAPERBACK.. Textual maps & illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ On March 13, 1697, Spanish troops from Yucatan attacked and occupied Nojpeten, the capital of the Maya people known as Itzas, the inhabitants of the last unconquered native New World kingdom. Its capture represented a decisive moment in the final chapter of the Spanish conquest of the Mayas. The first complete account of the conquest of the Itzas to appear since 1701, this book details the layers of political intrigue and action that characterized every aspect of the conquest and its aftermath. The author critically re-examines the extensive documentation left by the Spaniards, presenting much new information on Maya political and social organization and Spanish military and diplomatic strategy. He offers a comprehensive reconstruction of an independent Maya kingdom and, in presenting the story of the Itzas, the author reveals much about neighboring lowland Maya groups with whom the Itzas interacted, often violently" - Publisher's description. [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].

Keywords: Spanish Colonialism, Maya Mayan Mayas, Spain Conquest, Itzas Kingdom, Itza Indians, Petén Guatemala, Mexico, Colonial History, Colony Colonies