Yucatan Before and After the Conquest by Diego de Landa

In one of those twists of history, Bishop Diego de Landa is best known for two things. He destroyed the books of the Maya and much of their history was lost. He also wrote a book on the Maya that is the most important source of Maya history before the coming of the Spanish. Not the easiest book to read, probably one of the most important on the Maya and until modern archeology, was probably 99% of our knowledge on the Maya.