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Chronologically: From Mayas to Tourism



PRECOLONIAL  

 Ruins of a second temple to Ixchel were found on the Mundaca Hacienda a few years ago

EARLY CONTACT

Mayan Merchant-Sailors Traded Salt & Stingray Spines and Met Columbus

PIRATES

Hard times in the 1500's: Attacks by Conquistadors, Corsairs & Pirates

Do you think of Isla Mujeres pirates when you hear the song "La Bamba"?

SETTLED IN 1850

From Pirate Refuge to Established Settlement
 

The Census of 1866 (16 years after the town was founded)

Mundaca & La Trigueña

 Isla Mujeres in 1876

1876: The Fishermen & the Bay by Alice Le Plongeon

AMONG THE TURTLE CATCHERS by Alice le Plongeon in 1876

This Town was Built by Farmers Who Learned to Fish and Survive Disasters & Disease

1900's

The Hurricane of 1922

How America's obsession with chewing gum began with the Maya & supported our regional economy before tourism

From the Copra Plantation to Living by the Salina Lake Before Tourism: Interview with Doña Aurelia Nájera  

Remembering the Coco Plantation: El Chocolate Garrido I from article by Fidel Villanueva Marid

Hunter of Crocodiles & Turtles: El Chocolate Garrido II from article by Fidel Villanueva Marid

Early Tourism  

Tourism in its Infancy

Travel Writer Describes the Isle in 1960

1966 Vacation Video: Summer Holidays on Isla Mujeres


From Dozens of Farmers & Fishermen to Millions of Tourists: The Changing Face of the Isle



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