Visual representation of Gueguetlan, located in the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Created by an unknown artist, the map depicts Gueguetlan and its positioning amongst the surrounding communities. Seventeen other communities are seen on the map, each noted with a church and a label in either Spanish or Náhuatl. The land of one Francisco Martinez is also noted. Rivers and roads are shown among a a landscape of valleys and mountains. Created in response to question ten listed within the relación geográfica questionnaire for Quatlatlauca y Gueguetlan.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (artist), Vargas, Antonio de (signer), Miguélez, Fray Juan (contributor), Agustín de Aranda, Fray (contributor), Nájer, Fray Francisco de (contributor), Illescaas, Pedro de (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579-09-02
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Art--16th century--New Spain, Arte--Siglo XVI--Nueva España, Indigenous peoples--Mexico--Art, Pueblos indígenas--México--Arte, Indigenous peoples--Mexico--History--Sources, Pueblos indígenas--México--Historia--Fuentes, Manuscripts, Mexican, Manuscritos, Mexicanos, New Spain--Description and travel, Nueva España--Descripción y viaje, New Spain--History--Sources, Nueva España--Historia--Fuentes, New Spain--Maps, Manuscript, Nueva España--Mapas, Manuscritos, Spain--Colonies--History--Sources, España--Colonias--Historia--Fuentes, Mexico--History--16th century--Sources, and México--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes
Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Diocese of Tlaxcala, Diócesis de Tlaxcala, Santo Domingo Huehuetlán, Puebla, Mexico, and Santo Domingo Huehuetlán, Puebla, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Puebla (state), and Santo Domingo Huehuetlán (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
18.737869,-98.168138
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Quatlatlauca, and Quautlatlauca y Huehuetlan.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:11c85fb0-e48b-434a-b17d-317b57eb037f
Local:
JGI_XXIV-16_Gueguetlan_map
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)
Related Resource - Other:
Relación de Quatlatlauca y Gueguetlan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:6ede75e1-f3b5-4af6-9b61-b924a87e4cd3 (uri)