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Moch Couoh

fl. 1517 · 16th century

Moch Couoh was the Maya lord of Champotón on the western coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. In 1517 his warriors attacked the Spanish expedition of Francisco Hernández de Córdoba when it landed for water, killing many men and mortally wounding its leader. It was one of the first heavy defeats suffered by Spaniards in Mexico, and Champotón fought Juan de Grijalva's expedition again in 1518.

Moch Couoh
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Moch Couoh. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/moch-couoh
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