Description of Quatlatlauca and Gueguetlan, towns in the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Census signed by Fray Juan Miguélez, Fray Agustín de Aranda, and Antonio de Vargas. Document lists Mexicana as the spoken language, topographic features, and flora and fauna. There are also details of the native population and the 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:
Vargas, Antonio de (signer), Miguélez, Fray Juan (contributor), Agustín de Aranda, Fray (contributor), Nájer, Fray Francisco de (contributor), Illescaas, Pedro de (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579-09-02
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 Tlaxcala, Diócesis de Tlaxcala, Santo Domingo Huehuetlán, Puebla, Mexico, and Santo Domingo Huehuetlán, Puebla, México
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Quatlatlauca, and Quautlatlauca y Huehuetlan.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:6ede75e1-f3b5-4af6-9b61-b924a87e4cd3
Local:
JGI_XXIV-16_QuatlatlaucaGueguetlan_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 Quatlatlauca (title), https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:71ee2192-0893-48d8-bfc9-17325829c792 (uri), Pintura de Gueguetlan (title), and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:11c85fb0-e48b-434a-b17d-317b57eb037f (uri)