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Gaspar Antonio Chi Character Analysis
Connor Davis
Dr. Hamilton
Colonial Latin America
Gaspar Antonio Chi
There are many interpreters that helped the Spanish assimilate into the Mayan culture. But, why did people like Gaspar Antonio Chi help so willingly? Gaspar Antonio Chi was a Mayan nobleman that was born before the Spanish invasion of the Yucatan. Chi played an important role as an interpreter of Mayan language, customs, and also mediated relations between his people and the Spanish. Chi wrote of his understanding of the Spanish and their customs as well as the point of view of his fellow Maya.
The Spanish noticed Chi’s influence over other Maya. Because of this, the Spanish enlisted the help of Chi to mediate and resolve conflicts between the two cultures, like the plot

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