post fotos

General Sam Houston, twice President of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1838 and 1841-1844

photo of the statue of Juan Bautista Vega on Av. Juarez and Av. 120 on Cozumel

photo of a cave diver showing the halocline

photo of people standing on “la Copa” formation on the east side of Cozumel

image of the movie poster for Un Mundo Nuevo

cover photo for the movie “le monde du silence” by Jacques Cousteau

old photo of a small boat loaded with refugees

a 1909 type-written memo from the American Consulate in Mexico city

Pierre Lafitte, Jean Lafitte’s brother

The front piece of the first edition of Relation des choses de Yucatán de Diego de Landa.

A page from the scribes’ abstract of Diego de Landa’s Relación, as photographed in 1882 by Juan de la Dios de la Rada y Delgado

The Pilatus PC-7 Turbo Trainer is a low-wing tandem-seat training aircraft, manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland.

From left to right: The 201 squadron’s WWII insignia, the Fuerzas Aéreas Mexicanas (FAM) 2nd Air Group insignia, the FAM roundel, and the FAM Tail Flash

A Republic P-47D Thunderbolt using both USAAF and FAM insignia (right wing and tail)

Squadron 201 in the Philippines

The airmen of the 201st in 1944

The squadron’s mascot, “Pancho Pistola” painted on a downed Japanese bomber’s tail. It was modeled after Panchito, a Walt Disney character in “The Three Caballeros.”

San Miguel de Cozumel in 1841, from Incidents of Travel in the Yucatan, Vol II, by John L. Stevens.

Commander Thompson’s report, stating how they had planted the Texian Flag on the island of Cozumel, claiming it for the new Republic of Texas in 1837

Djordje Shagic, aka George Fisher, as a Major in the Texian Army, circa 1843