Description of Antequera located in the Diocese of Oaxaca. Census signed by priest clergyman, Pedro Franco, and mayor Pedro de Ledesma. Document details the spoken languages of Mexicana, Zapoteca, and Mixteca. Also mentioned are topographic features, natural resources, and locations of churches and monasteries. This is one of a series of responses to a political and cultural survey circulated by King Philip II of Spain titled relaciones geográficas, which were gathered between the years 1579-1585.
Creator/Contributor:
Franco, Pedro (contributor), Herrera, Francisco de (witness), Ledesma, Pedro de, 1544-1616 (witness), Gutiérrez de Vardiga, Pedro (scribe), Padilla, Bartolomé de (witness), Bosque, Juan (witness), Niño, Andrés (witness), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-01-09
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Indigenous peoples--Mexico--History--Sources, New Spain--Description and travel, New Spain--History--Sources, New Spain--Maps, Manuscript, Spain--Colonies--History--Sources, Mexico--History--16th century--Sources, Manuscripts, Mexican, Pueblos indígenas--México--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Descripción y viaje, Nueva España--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Mapas, Manuscritos, España--Colonias--Historia--Fuentes, México--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes, and Manuscritos, Mexicanos
Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Diocese of Oaxaca, Diócesis de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Oaxaca, Oaxaca, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), and Oaxaca (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
17.060614, -96.725386
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Antequera en el valle de Guaxaca
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:0841382a-d043-4cbf-9701-bc3c21bceadd
Local:
JGI_XXIII-11_Antequera_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)