More about Isla Mujeres…
Isla Mujeres was the first landing spot of the Spanish in Mexico in 1517. They saw idols of Ixchel, the Maya goddess of fertility, on the island and thus named it Isla Mujeres. Maya and Spanish populations abandoned the island, and pirates like Jean and Pierre Lafitte made it a base for their excursions. Both Lafittes were mortanlly wounded at Isla Mujeres in 1821 by the Spanish navy.