History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas / Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII.

by Philip Ainsworth Means

[Footnote 7.1]: Avendaño (p. 1 recto) calls him Don Martin de Urssua y Arismendi.

[Footnote 7.2]: See Tozzer, 1912.

Chapter VIII

[Footnote 8.1]: Others write this name Ursua y Arizmendi.

[Footnote 8.2]: A digest of the itinerary of the two trips of Avendaño is given in Appendix IV.

Chapter IX

[Footnote 9.1]: The text of the cedula in question may be found at pp. 18v-22r in Avendaño's MS.

[Footnote 9.2]: The reader's attention is called here to Plates Ia and Ib, and also to Maler, 1908, p. 56 for a reproduction and translation of the map by Avendaño.

[Footnote 9.3]: This refers to the myth, shared alike by the Toltecs and Mayas, of the culture hero, Quetzalcoatl-Kulkulcan, who was to return to the land from across the ocean.

[Footnote 9.4]: A gloss reads "Cajon con el huesso."