[Aztlan] Maya Mountains

[D. M. Urquidi]

Lawrence:
   
  Not so, but if the path I had to follow is on a Maya mountain, no matter where it is located, is still a very narrow path (for walking, not horses) I can assume that the horses had a huge (wide-chested) problem placing their hooves on such narrow tracks. Most of the mountains had narrow tracks for foot travel, Horses never had a chance.
   
  Dea

Lawrenc846 at aol.com wrote:
  You are assuming that any path would be a direct route from the Peten to Belize but the mountains, as witness 17th century descriptions, are more difficult if one goes southeast from Peten and crosses into southern Belize.  At least that is what feeling one gets when reading those early descriptions (and I don't mean Cortes but various people in the 17th century).  Anyway, Cortes was  not intending to get to Belize but to Honduras which means a much more southeastern route.

         Lawrence H. Feldman (Lawrenc846 at aol.com)

PS  I don't have on my fingertips but can easily get the references if anyone is interested; until quite recently they were largely unpublished AGCA and AGI sources. I published them in 2000... 


Lawrenc846 at aol.com wrote:  You are assuming that any path would be a direct route from the Peten to Belize but the mountains, as witness 17th century descriptions, are more difficult if one goes southeast from Peten and crosses into southern Belize.  At least that is what feeling one gets when reading those early descriptions (and I don't mean Cortes but various people in the 17th century).  Anyway, Cortes was  not intending to get to Belize but to Honduras which means a much more southeastern route.

         Lawrence H. Feldman (Lawrenc846 at aol.com)

PS  I don't have on my fingertips but can easily get the references if anyone is interested; until quite recently they were largely unpublished AGCA and AGI sources. I published them in 2000... 


D. M. Urquidi
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