page_title: Tabscoob
section_title: Arrival of Hernán Cortés in 1519
hierarchical_section_title: Tabscoob / Arrival of Hernán Cortés in 1519
context_page_description: Tabscoob was a halach uinik of the Potonchán jurisdiction, known for leading the Chontal Maya in the Battle of Centla against Spanish forces led by Hernán Cortés on March 14, 1519.
  Tabscoob's administration maintained commercial ties with the Mexicas and other Maya jurisdictions, especially with the jurisdiction of Chakán Putum, who—after having contact with the expeditions of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba and Juan de Grijalva—warned the Chontal to take precautions. On June 8, 1518, Juan de Grijalva landed in the province of Potonchán and met Tabscoob to whom, it is said, Grijalva gave his green velvet doublet.
context_section_description: On March 12, 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés reached the mouth of the Grijalva River. He decided to anchor his ships and enter the river in skiffs, looking for the great city of Indians described by Juan de Grijalva. Cortés landed in a place called Punta de Palmares right at the mouth of the river.
  Cortés said, by way of a translator, to some Indians who were in a boat that he and his men "would do them no harm, [and that] they came in peace and only wanted to speak with them." But Cortés, seeing that the natives were still threatening, commanded weapons be brought onto the  skiffs and handed them to archers and musketeers, and he began planning how to attack the town.
caption: The entrance of Hernán Cortés into the city of "Potonchán" or "Tabasco."
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