Bartolomé pensó que podía usar su "talento, cultura universal y profundo conocimiento de Aristóteles" para engañar a los nativos supuestamente incivilizados para que lo liberaran del cautiverio. ... Su intento finalmente fracasa porque los nativos ya poseían conocimiento de los eclipses gracias a los astrónomos de la comunidad maya.
Explanation:
English: Bartolome thought he could use his “talent, universal culture and steep knowledge of Aristotle” to fool the supposedly uncivilized natives into freeing him from captivity. ... His attempt ultimately fails because the natives already possessed knowledge of eclipses thanks to the astronomers of the Mayan community.
