Maya civilization - Contact period and Spanish conquest (1511–1697 AD)

Time: 2nd Millenium

Place: Yucatán, Mexico

Details: In 1511, a Spanish caravel was wrecked in the Caribbean, and about a dozen survivors made landfall on the coast of Yucatán.

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