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Map of the northern lowlands of Guatemala at the time of Spanish contact. Although there is insufficient data to accurately estimate population sizes at the time of contact with the Spanish, early Spanish reports suggest that sizeable Maya populations existed in Petén, particularly around the central lakes and along the rivers. [14]
Map of Guatemala in 1829. Note that borders with Mexico, Yucatán, and Chiapas are not defined. [32] Plaza Central of Antigua Guatemala in 1829. The old "Palacio de la Capitanía General" remained in ruins following the 1773 earthquake. After his victory in San Miguelito, Morazán's army grew as many volunteers from Guatemala joined him.
National, departmental and municipal boundaries from the Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales de Guatemala (IDEG) website, a Guatemalan national geographic information system, whose data is on the public domain according to the Legislative Decree 42-2001 of the Congress of Guatemala.
The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of the Maya Lowlands, primarily located in northern Guatemala within the Department of El Petén, and into the state of Campeche in southeastern Mexico. During the Late Preclassic and Classic periods of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology many major centers of the Maya civilization flourished, such ...
Petén (from the Itz'a, Noj Petén, 'Great Island') is a department of Guatemala.It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest by area – at 35,854 km 2 (13,843 sq mi) it accounts for about one third of Guatemala's area.
A page from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, showing a Spanish conquistador accompanied by Tlaxcalan allies and a native porter. The sources describing the Spanish conquest of Guatemala include those written by the Spanish themselves, among them two of four letters written by conquistador Pedro de Alvarado to Hernán Cortés in 1524, describing the initial campaign to subjugate the Guatemalan Highlands.
Iximche declared first colonial capital of Guatemala Chimaltenango 28 August 1524: Kaqchikel abandon Iximche and break alliance Chimaltenango 7 September 1524: Spanish declare war on the Kaqchikel Chimaltenango 1525: The Poqomam capital falls to Pedro de Alvarado Guatemala 13 March 1525: Hernán Cortés arrives at Lake Petén Itzá Petén ...
The second map was created by the "Proyecto de Sitios Arqueológicos de Petén" (PROSIAPETEN). [19] It was a revision of the original map which resulted in the identification of 115 structures organized in 14 major groups. [20] The third map version was created by the Holtun Archaeological Project, which began the research in 2010.