{"product_id":"the-names-of-heaven-paperback","title":"The Names of Heaven - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne man. An extraordinary choice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1511 a Spanish ship en route from the island of Hispaniola sank off the coast of Yucatan near the town of Tulum. The survivors were captured by the Maya; these were the first white men ever to set foot on the mainland of the American continent, and the first white men the Maya had ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the castaways was Gonzalo Guerrero, a sailor from Palos. After he was captured, he lived among the Maya as a slave for three years. He then escaped from his master and sought the protection of Lord Nachancan, ruler of Chetumal in Belize, who made him a free man. Gifted with a fine military mind, Gonzalo quickly rose to become Nachancan's war captain; he married Nachancan's sister and had three children with her. This was the first European-American family; it was the founding of the Mestizo race, and it changed the face of the New World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1517 the conquistador Hernando Cortez came to bring Gonzalo back to the Spaniards, offering him a position of high power among his countrymen. The decision Gonzalo took then was the only one ever taken by a white man in the conquest of the Americas, and it made him a hero.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68356205904095,"sku":"9781944412562","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WI2B7v3nCb9781944412562.webp?v=1793451101","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-names-of-heaven-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}