Before the Spanish colonization of the region, Akumal was known as a major Mayan trade center and port. One of the earliest records of the area comes from 1511 when a Spanish galleon E, Matancero, shipwrecked on its shore. The Mayans, who called Akumal home, quickly captured the 17 Spanish sailors who survived. Fifteen of the sailors soon died, but the two remaining captives became ac... https://www.islandlifemexico.com/akumal-visitors-guide/