Description of Patzcuaro, located in the Diocese of Michoacan. Document lists Tarasca as the spoken language, natural resources, and fauna. There are also details of etymology of names, local hierarchy and systems of governance, and hospitals. 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:
Martínez, Juan (scribe) and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1581-04-08
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 Michoacán, Diócesis de Michoacán, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico, and Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Michoacán (state), and Pátzcuaro (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
19.513479, -101.60919
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:209aa6dc-a36e-46f7-9207-0d044ecfe86b
Local:
JGI_XXIV-14_Patzcuaro_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)