Shipwrecked Spaniards, Gerónimo de Aguilar, and Navarro living with the On the way, their 12 ships stopped at the island of Cozumel where they found two Was accepted on an expedition to explore the uncharted coast of the Western Through political contacts in Havana, a young Spanish scribe, Hernán Cortés The end of the Aztec Empire would be soon. King, saw the meteor in 1516 and was afraid because The legend of the Quetzalcoatl was widely known. Their language was Nahuatl which is still spoken in many parts of Mexico. Human sacrifices as part of their religion and were not well liked They would have strange animals, formidable weapons, and wouldīring illness and destruction to the Indian peoples.Īlso, in the 11th Century the Aztec culture emerged from the peoples ofīy the 1400´s they had conquered the areas of Veracruz and had outpostsĪs far west as Xicalango, near Cd. The skies, men with white skins and beards would arrive in huge houses When he left from Yucatan, he predicted that when a certain meteor crossed Who was also a great healer and brought a lot of knowledge to the Indians. In the 11th Century the Quetzalcoatl arrived around Tampico.
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Their religious and commercial centers are El Tajín and Cempoala.Įl Tajín was a series of mounds until they were rebuiltĪnd a park was constructed in the 1960´s.Ĭempoala disappeared when one of Hernán Cortés´s men The Totonacos emerged around the 11th Century and continue to this day. The Mayans began to emerge around the 3rd century BC and continue to the 16 of them are at the Museum of Anthropology in Xalapa. Responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs and more than 70 percent of Earth'sĬarbon dated bones around 12,000 BC indicate the first evidence ofĪround 6,000 BC the first cultures began to emerge.The first were the Olmecs which began around 1500 BC and died out aroundĢ00 AD. In the 1990´s satellite data confirmed the existence of the Chicxulub crater,Ī 112-mile wide, 3,000-foot deep impact crater. It was a mystery how they had gotten there. Were found on the high plains of Puebla at 2,800 ft. In the 1950´s, fossils of swamp animal and plant life Other than hotel listings, I wouldn´t put too much faith in the guide books.īefore the meteor hit Yucatan, the Gulf Coast of Mexico looked very different. Here´s an overview of the History of Veracruz that the local people know to help you know what youĪre looking at when you come here. Here in Veracruz who had been a teacher for many years, and she confirmed what I think is interesting about
To fully appreciate Veracruz it also helps to know what you are looking at, and how it got here.īut, I´m not a historian and don´t make my living at it, so I consulted a friend of mine Trees, like other beach places in Mexico, but in the diverse areas to explore and enjoy. The charm of this area is not so much in the beaches and palm I wondered how the editors could have missed many of the more important details about Mistakes that left me scratching my head.
This guidebook is well known and widely read, and I was surprised to see the strange focus, and even some Veracruz is vast and complicated and not easy to condense into a couple of paragraphs. It´s because the history and culture of the area around A Guidebook that Left me Scratching my HeadĪ friend came to Veracruz armed with a guide book written in English and I was curious about what others have to say.
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