History Of Honduras Part II
By admin | Apr 6, 2009
Comments OffChristopher Columbus
On July 30, 1502, during his fourth and last trip through the Americas, Christopher Columbus reached the Bay Islands and soon afterwards the coast of the mainland. This was the first time he saw Honduran soil. From the Island of Guanaja, which he is said to have named Columbus set sail toward the northern [...]
History of Honduras Part I
By admin | Apr 6, 2009
Comments OffHonduras was inhabited by indigenous tribes of a great linguistic and cultural diversity. The most powerful and advanced of these were the Mayans, who also populated Yucatán, Belize, and the northeast of Guatemala and built their sacred city and ceremonial metropolis in Copán, in the western part of Honduras.
After the collapse of Mayan culture, different [...]
