page_title: Esquipulas
section_title: Spanish colonization
hierarchical_section_title: Esquipulas / History / 16th Century / Spanish colonization
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: biologiacentrali01maud (find matches) Title: Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America Year: 1889 (1880s) Authors: Maudslay, Alfred Percival, 1850-1931 Goodman, J. T Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919 Salvin, Osbert, 1835-1898 Greve, W., lithographer Griggs, William, 1832-1911 Hunter, Ada Purkiss, W., lithographer Shawe, W Sweet, H. N. (Henry N.) Subjects: Mayas Indians of Mexico Indians of Central America Mayas Indians of Mexico Indians of Central America Inscriptions, Mayan Maya calendar Publisher: London&#160;: Published for the editors by R.H. Porter ... and Dulau &amp; Co. Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: esent know-ledge they safely can be, to their original condition. I know how liable such restorationis to serious error, and feel the responsibility involved in undertaking it. But carefulcomparison of one inscription with another has convinced me that many of the worn 12 4 INTEODUCTION. glyphs can be restored with absolute certainty, and in no case will the restoration ofa glyph be attempted (except as a marginal note) where there is not a fair indicationof its original form. I have, however, the satisfaction of knowing that any studentseeking the interpretation of the inscriptions can correct the errors of the drawingsby reference to the photographs which will invariably accompany them, or by a visitto the Museums where the casts are exhibited. The publication will be continuedin parts, as the work of casting and drawing progresses&#160;; it will therefore of necessitybe fragmentary, and it may possibly be interrupted for a time, should I undertakefurther explorations in Central America. Text Appearing After Image: CHTJECH AT EsQtrIPTTLA.S. COP AN. 5 COPAN. Principal Notices and Descriptions of the Ruins. Copan has been already described in the following books and letters:— A letter from the Licenciado Diego Garcia de Palacio to Philip II. of Spain, datedGuatemala, 8th March, 1576. Published in Spanish with an English Translation by Squier in Collection of Rareand Original Documents and Relations concerning the Discovery and Conquest ofAmerica, chiefly from the Spanish Archives. New York, 1850. A copy of thisportion of the letter is also to be seen amongst the Muhos collection of Spanish MSS.in the British Museum (17,571). Historia de Guatemala; Recordacion Florida, escrita el siglo xvii. MS. ByFrancisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzman *. Letter dated Copan, 19th June, 1834, from Colonel Juan Galindo, to the editor ofthe Literary Gazette of London, printed in Literary Gazette for 1835, pp. 456-7.A similar letter printed in the Transactions of the American Antiquarian Society,vol. xi. pp. 545-50. I Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: Esquipulas, officially Municipality of Esquipulas, whose original name was Yzquipulas, is a town, with a population of 18,667, and a municipality located in the department of Chiquimula, in eastern Guatemala. Esquipulas' main attraction is the beautiful Black Christ located in the Basilica of Esquipulas, making the town an important place of Catholic pilgrimage for Central America. It is also one of the most important towns of the country and one that has had the most economic and cultural growth.
  In 2002, it was registered on UNESCO's tentative World Heritage list.
  The city is a tourist attraction due to its ecological and religious importance.
context_section_description: After the arrival of the Spaniards to Guatemala from South Mexico in 1523, they reached Esquipulas in 1525, where they found the Chorti inhabitants.  After the violent conquest, they imposed all non-believers the Catholic doctrine, settled South of the Valley of the Monte Cristo and founded the village of Yzquipulas there. They formed a system of streets that ran from the main church which was the Santiago parish until the main aqueduct of the city, they built two seater (now the central park of Esquipulas and the Plaza of the municipality).
caption: Esquipulas Basílica in 1895.
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