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Campeche, [b] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche, [c] is one of the 31 states which, with Mexico City, make up the 32 federal entities of Mexico.Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the southwest, Yucatán to the northeast, Quintana Roo to the east, by the Petén department of Guatemala to the south, and by the Orange Walk District of Belize ...
The modern city of San Francisco de Campeche was founded in 1540 by Francisco de Montejo upon the site of Can Pech, the former capital city of a Maya chiefdom. The city of Campeche was terrorized by pirates and marauders (such as the 1633 Sack of Campeche and the 1663 Sack of Campeche) until the city constructed major fortifications. The ...
"Southern Baja California". The southern part of Baja California See also: Origin of the name California. Campeche: Yucatec Mayan: Kaan Peech: The state takes its name from the city of Campeche, which was founded in 1540 by Spanish Conquistadores as San Francisco de Campeche atop the preexisting Maya city of Canpech or Kimpech. The native name ...
1663 - Sack of Campeche (1663) by pirates. [1] 1685 - Campeche raided by Dutch pirate Laurens de Graaf. [3] [2] 1732 - Puerta de la Tierra (gate) erected. [citation needed] 1760 - Catedral de Campeche built. 1762 - San José el Alto fort built. [citation needed] 1777 - Campeche attains city status; [4] Campeche coat of arms established.
Timeline of Campeche City This page was last edited on 31 December 2013, at 12:01 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
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At Campeche, a strong Maya force attacked the city, but was repulsed by the Spanish. [218] Aj Canul, the lord of the attacking Maya, surrendered to the Spanish. After this battle, the younger Francisco de Montejo was despatched to the northern Cupul province, where the lord Naabon Cupul reluctantly allowed him to found the Spanish town of ...
The expedition then sailed west to Campeche, where, after a brief battle with the local army, Cortés was able to negotiate peace through his interpreter Aguilar. The King of Campeche gave Cortés a second translator, a bilingual Nahua-Maya slave woman named La Malinche (she was known also as Malinalli [maliˈnalːi], Malintzin [maˈlintsin] or ...