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At the time of the discovery of Central America by Christopher Columbus in 1502, highly civilized Maya and Nahua Indians inhabited the westernmost part of the isthmus. The impressive ruins of Tikal in Guatemala, Copan in Honduras, and Tazu ....

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... respective Guatemalan strongholds of Utatlan, Ozimche, and Zancalue. Shortly thereafter Hernando Cortez marched southeastward from Mexico into Guatemala and Hinduras. Following variors shifts in administrative borders, in 1507 the Spanish reestablished the Captaincy-General of Guatemala, whose authority extended from the province of Chiapas in southern Mexico eastward to the province of Costa Rica. These borders remained intact until after 1821 when Ciapas and Soconusco were stripped away from Central America and annexed to Mexico. Panama, initially included in the Viceroyalty of Peru, came under the control of the Viceroyalty of New Gra ...