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Yucatan,

A peninsula of Mexico, comprising the States of Yucatan and Campeche; area, Yucatan, 35,203 square miles; Campeche, 18,087; population in 1895, Yucatan, 298,850; Campeche, 88,302. The peninsula was discovered by Francis Hernandez Cordova, who, with three caravels and 110 men, sailed from Havana on Feb. 8, 1517. They first saw land at Cape Catoche, the eastern point of Yucatan, an Aztec name for the great peninsula. He landed at several places, but was driven off by the naked barbarians, who used bows and arrows skilfully. Cordova was afterwards mortally wounded by some of the natives north of Campeche, who killed forty-seven of the Spanish intruders, allowing only one man to escape. On his return from Yucatan, Cordova's vessel touched the coast of Florida.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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