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In 1511, a Spanish galleon foundered on Alacranes reef, near Cabo Catoche. Twenty people were washed ashore, and after several years only two were still alive: Friar Gerónimo de Aguilar and Gonzalo Guerrero, a sailor. Aguilar was eventually rescued by Hernán Cortés but Guerrero decided to stay with the Maya. His bravery and military prowess won him the trust of the chief of Chetemal who made him a nakóm or captain. Turning native, he married a noblewoman and assimilated Mayan dress and customs. He and his wife had three children, the first mestizos (mixed race, European-native) in Mexico.
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