Pintura de Zapotitlan

Title:

Pintura de Zapotitlan

Alternative Title:

Descripción de Zapotitlan y Suchitepec

Description:

Visual representation of Zapotitlan, located in the Diocese of Guatemala. Created by Fernando de Niebla, the map depicts the coastline near Zapotitlan and the larger area of Suchitepéquez. Visible at the top of the map are the prominent volcanoes in Guatemala near Quetzaltenango, Lake Atitlan, and Guatemala City as well as the prominent rivers that run towards the Pacific coast from the range of volcanoes. The map shows the towns and villages within the depicted region. The population centers are labeled and include a population count. There is also a large depiction of the map and the region at the bottom of the map. Created in response to questions one and ten listed within the relación geográfica questionnaire for Zapotitlan.

Creator/Contributor:

Niebla, Fernando de (artist), Estrada, Juan de (contributor), Niebla, Fernando de (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín,‏ ‎1825-1894 (collector)

Date Created/Date Issued:

1579-11-22

Owning Repository:

Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin

Source Collection Name:

Relaciones Geográficas of Mexico and Guatemala

Source Collection URI:

https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00056.xml

Source Collection Local Identifier:

JGI XX-9

Type:

maps (documents), mapas, cartographic, maps (documents), mapas, landscapes (representations), paisajes (representación), watercolors (paintings), and acuarelas (obra visual)

Extent:

1 map, 40 x 62 cm

Rights - Use and Reproduction:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language:

Spanish

Topic:

Art--16th century--New Spain, Arte--Siglo XVI--Nueva España, Guatemala--History--16th century--Sources, Guatemala--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes, 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, Indigenous peoples--Guatemala--Art, Pueblos indígenas--Guatemala--Arte, Indigenous peoples--Guatemala--History--Sources, and Pueblos indígenas--Guatemala--Historia--Fuentes

Time Period Covered:

16th century

Place Name:

Diocese of Guatemala, Diócesis de Guatemala, and San Antonio Suchitepéquez, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala

Geographic Coverage:

Guatemala (country), Suchitepéquez (state), and San Antonio Suchitepéquez (city)

Geographic Code:

GT

Cartographic Information:

14.539595, -91.41645

UTL DAMS PID:

utblac:32713c87-b23c-474c-acb9-0757bc1d2dd3

Local:

JGI_XX-09_Zapotitlan_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 Zapotitlan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:3affb1e7-0e19-4c34-944b-d57313f05482 (local)

Thumbnail URI:

https://curio.lib.utexas.edu/assets/DAMS/utblac/utblac_32713c87-b23c-474c-acb9-0757bc1d2dd3/TN/utblac_32713c87-b23c-474c-acb9-0757bc1d2dd3.jpg

IIIF Manifest:

https://curio.lib.utexas.edu/assets/DAMS/utblac/utblac_32713c87-b23c-474c-acb9-0757bc1d2dd3/manifests/2/utblac_32713c87-b23c-474c-acb9-0757bc1d2dd3.json

Date Added:

2022-01-14