Description of Cuzcatlan located in the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Census was signed by Juan de Castañeda León. Document lists Chocho, Mazateca, and Mexicana as languages spoken, estancias, locations of churches, topographic features, and flora. Also mentioned are fauna and a description of the native population. Also included is a visual representation of the landscape, known as a pintura or map. 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:
Castañeda León, Juan de (signer), García, Pero (interpreter), Cortes, Martin, 1532-1589 (contributor), García, Alonso (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-10-26
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 Tlaxcala, Diócesis de Tlaxcala, Coxcatlán, Puebla, Mexico, and Coxcatlán, Puebla, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Puebla (state), and Coxcatlán (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
18.266262, -97.147278
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:1dafc85c-ba6b-45cc-8975-fd9b2cfd1f2b
Local:
JGI_XXIII-15_Cuzcatlan_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)
Related Resource - Other:
Pintura de Cuzcatlan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:e38f8f71-f967-46fb-9493-1edec8cbc1b3 (uri)