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Gonzalo Guerrero

This brave mariner survived a shipwreck on the coast of Yucatan along with a priest named Jerónimo de Aguilar. When they reached land, they were captured by the Maya, who kept them in cages. Eight years later, Hernán Cortés, who was passing through Yucatan, rescued Aguilar; but Guerrero, who had married the daughter of the chief of Chetemal (today Chetumal) and had a family, refused to go with Cortés. Guerrero fought beside the Maya against the Spanish and died heroically in battle on August 13th, 1536, in Puerto Caballos, Honduras. Guerrero is considered the father of "mestizaje" (the mixing of races) in Yucatán.