A History of Latin America

I-20 INDEX

World atlas of Ortelius, 58
Worldview, Discovery and, 57–58
World War I: disruption from, 244
Writers and writing: in Classic period,
13; Olmec, 14; Zapotec, 15, 17;
of Maya, 19–21; Inca and, 31; in
16th century colonies, 147–148;
Enlightenment, 159. See also
Literature; specific writers
Writs of pardon, 4

Xiuhamatl (Book of the Years, Aztecs), 27

Yanaconas (permanent servants), 33,
142, 152, 156; in Andean region,
81–82; in Peru, 228

Yaqui people, 249

Yermo, Gabriel de, 171

York Rite Masonic lodge, 199

Yrigoyen, Hipólito, 254

Yucatán Peninsula, 13; Maya civilization

in, 17–19; Spanish in, 62, 65

Zacatecas, 87, 88, 176

Zaldívar, Rafael, 267

Zambos (African and indigenous

peoples), 115; in colonial social order,

115–116

Zamora, Ezequiel, 239

Zapotec culture, 15, 17

Zeitlin, Maurice, 215

Zelaya, José Santos, 267

Zero, Mayan concept of, 20

Zipa (Chibcha), 71

Zorita, Alonso de, 100, 115

Zumárraga, Juan de, 101

Zuñi people, 70