Visual representation of Quatlatlauca, located in the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Created by an unknown artist, the map is a focused look at the city of Quatlatlauca. The map shows the city's gridded streets with uniform dwellings. The only buildings that stand out are those labeled as casas reales (royal houses) as well as the celdas (monastic cells) that were part of the monastery. The principal church and central plaza are also featured prominently in the center of the map. Created in response to question ten listed within the relación geográfica questionnaire for Quatlatlauca y Gueguetlan
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (artist), Vargas, Antonio de (signer), Miguélez, Fray Juan (signer), Aranda, Fray Agustín de (signer), Nájer, Fray Francisco de (signer), 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
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:
Diocese of Tlaxcala, Diócesis de Tlaxcala, Huatlatlauca, Puebla, Mexico, and Huatlatlauca, Puebla, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Puebla (state), and Huatlatlauca (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
18.678126, -98.050986
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Quatlatlauca, and Quautlatlauca y Huehuetlan.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:71ee2192-0893-48d8-bfc9-17325829c792
Local:
JGI_XXIV-16_Quatlatlauca_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 Quatlatlauca y Gueguetlan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:6ede75e1-f3b5-4af6-9b61-b924a87e4cd3 (uri)