D. G. Brinton

“ The province of Acalan is placed, on old maps, on the southern and eastern shores of the Bahia de Terminos; and, according to Cortez, its chief city was on or near the shores of this bay.
When at Zagoatespan, between which and Izancanac the only stations were Teutiaca and Tizatepelt, Cortez sent a messenger by sea to Acalan: hence both these places were on the seacoast, or near it. At Zagoatespan he was informed that there were two roads to Acalan,—one up the country ”

“ This plain statement shows, beyond all question, that Cortez’ route lay nowhere near Palenque, and that those who place it there cannot have traced it out according to his own notes in his celebrated ‘fifth letter.’ It was close to the seacoast, and quite far from those celebrated ruins.
As for his description of the temples of Teutiaca, he represents Izancanac as a much larger city, with more temples, and altogether a greater place (muy grande y de muchas mezquitus) . ”