Gonzalo Guerrero
Gonzalo Guerrero | |
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Bronze sculpture of Gonzalo Guerrero and family / 1974 untitled work by Raúl Ayala Arellano installed January 1975 in Akumal, Q. Roo, Mex. / 2005 photograph | |
| Born | late 15th cent. Palos de la Frontera, Spain |
| Died | c. 1536 Sula Valley, Honduras |
| Allegiance | |
| Rank | Nakom |
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| Memorials | vars |
| Spouse(s) | Zazil Ha (c. 1510s) |
| Children | 3 unnamed |
Gonzalo Guerrero (also known as Gonzalo Marinero, Gonzalo de Aroca and Gonzalo de Aroza) was a sailor from Palos, Spain who was shipwrecked along the Yucatán Peninsula and was taken as a slave by the local Maya. Earning his freedom, Guerrero became a respected warrior under a Mayan lord and raised three of the first mestizo children in Mexico and one of the first mestizo children in the Americas, alongside Miguel Díez de Aux and the children of Caramuru and João Ramalho in Brazil.