Relación de Zapotitlan

Title:

Relación de Zapotitlan

Alternative Title:

Descripción de Zapotitlan y Suchitepec

Description:

Description of Zapotitlan, province in the Diocese of Guatemala. Census is signed by Juan de Estrada. Document lists Mexicana as well as other Guatemalan languages as the spoken languages, topographic features, surrounding towns such as Xicalpa, Izapa, Patzicía, Patzum, and Tolimán Alto, medicines used, and flora and fauna. There is also description of the native population, local jurisdiction, hierarchy, and systems of governance etymology of names, architecture, farms, churches, hospitals, ports, and monasteries and convents. 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:

Estrada, Juan de (signer), 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:

text

Extent:

33 pages; 31 cm

Rights - Use and Reproduction:

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

Language:

Spanish

Topic:

Indigenous peoples--Guatemala--History--Sources, New Spain--Description and travel, New Spain--History--Sources, New Spain--Maps, Manuscript, Spain--Colonies--History--Sources, Guatemala--History--16th century--Sources, Pueblos indígenas--Guatemala--Historia--Fuentes, Guatemala--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes, Nueva España--Descripción y viaje, Nueva España--Historia--Fuentes, Nueva España--Mapas, Manuscritos, and España--Colonias--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:3affb1e7-0e19-4c34-944b-d57313f05482

Local:

JGI_XX-09_Zapotitlan_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 Zapotitlan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:32713c87-b23c-474c-acb9-0757bc1d2dd3 (uri)

Thumbnail URI:

https://curio.lib.utexas.edu/assets/DAMS/utblac/utblac_3affb1e7-0e19-4c34-944b-d57313f05482/TN/utblac_3affb1e7-0e19-4c34-944b-d57313f05482.jpg

IIIF Manifest:

https://curio.lib.utexas.edu/assets/DAMS/utblac/utblac_3affb1e7-0e19-4c34-944b-d57313f05482/manifests/2/utblac_3affb1e7-0e19-4c34-944b-d57313f05482.json

Date Added:

2022-01-14