Descripción de la provincia de Meztitlan...Con una noticia del calendario mejicano
Description:
Visual representation of the town Meztitlan, the capital of the province of Meztitlan, located within the Archdiocese of Mexico. Created by Gabriel de Chávez, the most detail of the map is found in the depiction of the town of Meztitlan, which is centered on the map. Other towns identified on the map include Xelitla, Fuerte de Xalpa, Chicontepec, Guaxulla, Ilamaltlan, Chapulhuacan, Tlanchinolticpac, Yagualíca, Hueyacocotlan, Molango, Suchicoatlan, Tzaqualtipan, and Malila. The landscape depicted is one of hills, fertile valleys, and multiple rivers. The town of Meztitlan is set on several hills directly north of a river valley that shows irrigated land and crops. The map encompasses a large geographic area, identifying towns as far north as Xelitla (the present-day city of Xilitla in the state of San Luis Potosí). Map depicts the mountainous and rugged landscape of the area and marks the rivers, lakes, roads, and hills that populate and connect the province of Meztitlan. Created in response to question ten listed within the relaciones geográficas questionnaire for Meztitlan.
Creator/Contributor:
Chávez, Gabriel de (artist), Chávez, Gabriel de (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579-10-10
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:
Archdiocese of Mexico, Arquidiócesis de México, Metztitlán, Hidalgo, Mexico, and Metztitlán, Hidalgo, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Hidalgo (state), and Metztitlán (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
20.596815, -98.76222
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:3117851b-8782-420f-898a-a6c968ec81ba
Local:
JGI_XXIV-12_Meztitlan_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 Meztitlan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:a41e7023-c6d3-4488-a1b0-2e91146364b1 (uri)