king Kan Ek' referred to the city by the name Nojpetén when he spoke to the Spanish in 1698. Nojpetén, from the Itza noj peten, means "great island"...

Díaz del Castillo described Nojpetén in Chapter CLXXVIII of his Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España Nojpetén was closely packed with buildings...

the Mexican border. In Pre-Columbian times, Flores was the Maya city of Nojpetén. Earliest archaeological traces on the island date back to 900–600 BC,...

Nojpetén, Delgado believed that the soldiers' treatment of the Maya was excessively cruel, and he left the expedition to make his own way to Nojpetén...

Nojpetén, Delgado believed that the soldiers' treatment of the Maya was excessively cruel, and he left the expedition to make his own way to Nojpetén...

Itzá as the location of Nojpetén/Tayasal, Arlen Chase argued that this identification is incorrect and that descriptions of Nojpetén correspond better to...

region and returned south to the Petén Basin region to build the city Nojpetén as their capital. Noj peten means "great island" in Itza'. The early Spanish...

They were well received at Nojpetén by the current Kan Ekʼ. Attempts to convert the Itza failed, and the friars left Nojpetén on friendly terms with the...

Mesoamerican region, and a lengthy series of campaigns saw the fall of Nojpetén, the last Maya city, in 1697. Rule during the Classic period centred on...

sacrificed at Nojpetén. In February 1696 Franciscan friar Juan de San Buenaventura and an unspecified Franciscan companion were taken to Nojpetén during a...

route to Nojpetén, Delgado believed that the army's treatment of the Maya was excessively cruel and he left the army to make his own way to Nojpetén with...

kingdom, a kingdom in modern-day Central America centered on the city of Nojpetén The Hebrew name (Hebrew: פתן) for the Boeing AH-64A Apache in Israeli service...

Independent Maya civilization continued until 1697 when the Spanish conquered Nojpetén, the last independent city-state. Millions of Maya people still inhabit...

by some to be the “last” halach uinik of the Maya, though the Itzá of Nojpetén resisted Spanish dominion until 1697. Eligio Ancona (1878). Historia de...

1525. In 1697, Martín de Ursúa launched an assault upon the Itza capital Nojpetén and the last remaining independent Maya city fell to the Spanish. By the...

Franciscan missionaries arrive at Nojpetén, capital of the Itzá Petén 1619 Further missionary expeditions to Nojpetén Petén 1684 Reduction of San Mateo...

Flores Maya civilisation, then New Spain  Guatemala 900–600 BC Formerly Nojpetén, the capital of the Itza kingdom, it has been occupied continuously since...

resulted in the fall of the last significant independent Maya stronghold, Nojpetén, located on an island in Lake Petén Itzá in the northern Petén Basin region...

beginning of their conversion." The last codices destroyed were those of Nojpetén, Guatemala in 1697, the last city conquered in the Americas. With their...

Franciscan missionaries arrive at Nojpetén, capital of the Itzá Petén 1619 Further missionary expeditions to Nojpetén Petén 1684 Reduction of San Mateo...

1639 – Harvard College is named after clergyman John Harvard. 1697 – Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, falls to Spanish conquistadors...

Kaminaljuyu Guatemala city Guatemala 900 BC Flores Petén Guatemala Formerly Nojpetén, the capital of the Itza kingdom, it has been occupied continuously since...

province, such as Lake Petén Itzá. General Martín de Ursúa invaded and sacked Nojpetén, the Itzá island capital, on March 13, 1697. The province of Uaan remained...

Site Location Photo La Florida Petén Department, Guatemala Flores (see Nojpetén) Petén Department, Guatemala...

San Buenaventura and an unspecified Franciscan companion were taken to Nojpetén during a skirmish between the Yucatec Spanish and the Itza on the west...

only to find the city completely abandoned. Sac Nicté led the Itzá to Nojpetén where they established a new Itza Kingdom. Ah Ulil Ah Itzimthul Chac: a...

Mesoamerican region, and a lengthy series of campaigns saw the fall of Nojpetén, the last Maya city, in 1697. The Aztec Empire was formed as an alliance...

ancestors of the modern Lacandon people. After the fall of the Itza capital Nojpetén to the Spanish invaders in 1697, a mix of Itza, Kejache and Kowoj refugees...

last Maya king—Kan Ek’, of the Itza Maya—was defeated at the Itza capital Nojpetén by the forces of King Philip IV of Spain. With the victory of the Mexicans...

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