According to recorded history, didbthe Mayans disappeared before the Spaniards arrived?

Yes. Millions of Mayans vanished, all at once, in the ninth century AD but the Spanish explorers & colonists didn't cause the destruction of the Mayan kingdom.

Tags: 9th century,  spanish people,  mayans,  colony 
Monday, February 06 2012
Source: http://mayanarchaeology.tripod.com/id2.html