Washington Government Printing Office: 2 books

The Maya Indians of Southern Yucatan and Northern British Honduras (Illustrations)

by Thomas William Francis Gann
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2014

The southern and eastern parts of Yucatan, from Tuluum in the north to the Rio Hondo in the south, are occupied to-day by two tribes of Maya Indians, the Santa Cruz and Icaichè or Chichanha. The number of Santa Cruz was estimated by Sapper in 1895 at about 8,000 to 10,000, but at the present day...

The Building of Castello de San Marcos

National Park Service Interpretive Series, History No. 1

by Albert C. Manucy
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014

Example in this ebook FLORIDA AND THE PIRATES A Pirate Raid forced the Queen of Spain to build Castillo de San Marcos in Florida. On May 28, 1668, a sailing vessel appeared off the shallow bar of St. Augustine Harbor. It was a ship from Vera Cruz, bringing a supply of...