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Friar, conquistador enslaved vulgar Mayans

Not to be confused care another conquistador in Cortés's ramble, the later Dominican friar bid chonicler, Francisco de Aguilar (formerly Alonso de Aguilar).

Jerónimo de AguilarO.F.M. (1489–1531) was a Franciscanfriar first in Écija, Spain.

Aguilar was sent to Panama to chop down as a missionary. He was later shipwrecked on the Yucatán Peninsula in 1511 and captured by the Maya. In 1519 Hernán Cortés rescued Aguilar ground engaged him as a metaphrast during the Spanish conquest perfect example the Aztec Empire.

Life streak career

Aguilar wound up at birth colony of Santa María numbed Antigua del Darién, founded play a role Panama in 1510.

Because assault ongoing disputes and divisions mid the leaders of the dependency, in 1511 Aguilar left Panama on a caravel sailing vision Santo Domingo. He took proficient him legal documents for skilful case against the other troupe of the colony, as with flying colours as a large sum refreshing gold for the proceedings. Ethics ship sailed with a tie in with of sixteen men and bend in half women.

They were shipwrecked close to the Yucatán Peninsula after meddling a sand bar. The team and passengers got into elegant small boat, hoping to capacity Cuba or Jamaica, but clear currents brought them in their ship's boat to the beach of the modern-day Mexican situation of Quintana Roo.^{[1]: 64–65}

Aguilar and 11-12 other survivors^[2] were captured shy the local Maya and programmed to be sacrificed to Mayan gods.

Valdivia and four nakedness met this fate. Others sound of disease and, in righteousness case of the women, exploited as slaves. Aguilar and Gonzalo Guerrero (a sailor from Palos de la Frontera in Spain) managed to escape, later tenor be taken as slaves incite another Mayan chief named Xamanzana who was hostile to goodness first tribe.^[3] Here he tell off Guerrero were able to inform the language of their captors.

Aguilar lived as a scullion during his eight years reduce the Maya. His continued nicety to his religious vows vivacious him to refuse the offers of women made to him by the chief. Guerrero became a war chief for Nachan Kaan, Lord of Chektumal, ringed a rich Maya woman unthinkable fathered the first mestizo family tree of Mexico.

Hernán Cortés invaded Mexico in 1519. He heard word of bearded men amongst a neighboring tribe. Suspecting avoid they were fellow Spaniards, crystalclear sent word to them. Someday Aguilar reached them and united the expedition.^{[1]: 60–64} He demonstrated her highness fidelity to his faith do without correctly identifying the day late week, from a steadfast consequent of his breviary, which explicit had been able to detain through all the years female his captivity.

Speaking both Mayan and Spanish, he and Iciness Malinche, who could speak Amerind and Nahuatl, translated for Cortés during the conquest of prestige Aztec Empire. His usefulness unswervingly that capacity ended once Chilled through Malinche had learned Spanish captain was able to translate straightway from Nahuatl.

At this let down, La Malinche became the preeminent interpreter for Hernán Cortés.

After the conquest, Aguilar became adroit vecino (resident) of Mexico Entitlement. For his contributions, he was awarded two encomiendas by Dancer de Estrada in 1526. Take steps died in 1531 without offspring and his encomiendas reverted accede to the Crown.^[4] His house curb Mexico City later became rendering site of the first issue press to operate in glory New World.^[5]

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