{"product_id":"the-names-of-heaven-flavia-ida-9781944412562","title":"The Names of Heaven","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Flavia Ida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944412565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944412562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paper Angel Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.12d","brand":"Flavia Ida","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579892318463,"sku":"9781944412562","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_60f9fe77-6ef1-4001-8a94-1cc04561d369.jpg?v=1763877383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-names-of-heaven-flavia-ida-9781944412562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}