Description of Ameca, initially located in the Archdiocese of Mexico (now under the Diocese of Guadalajara). Census was signed by alcalde mayor Pedro de Moras. Document details flora and fauna, locations of churches, estancias, and lists Caxcan and Mexicana as the languages spoken. Additionally mentioned are the surrounding communities of Jayamitla, El Cabezón, and San Martín de Hidalgo. 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:
Leyva, Antonio de (contributor), Moras, Pedro de (scribe), Bejarano, Pedro (signer), Núñez, Juan (signer), Cortes, Martín, 1532-1589 (signer), Mesa, Francisco de (signer), Vázquez, Juan (signer), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579-10-02
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 Guadalajara, Diócesis de Guadalajara, Ameca, Jalisco, Mexico, and Ameca, Jalisco, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Jalisco (state), and Ameca (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
20.547647,-104.04662
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:24db164c-91c4-423a-af08-3e163774a3d7
Local:
JGI_XXIII-10_Ameca_text
Related Resource - Other:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title), https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri), Pintura de Ameca (title), and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:38127378-7a33-412f-a425-cc511ff1d351 (uri)