Description of Tiripitio, located in the Diocese of Michoacan. Census was signed by Fray Guillermo de Santa María and Pedro de Montes de Oca. Document lists Tarasca as the spoken language, topographic features, medicines used, and flora and fauna. Document also contains pages of correspondence, including from Montes de Oca dated 1580 and Fray Guillermo de Santa María dated 1580. Also mentioned are descriptions of the local hierarchy and systems of governance, etymology of names, architecture, farms, churches, hospitals, and monasteries and convents. 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:
Montes de Oca, Pedro de (scribe), Villegas, Juan de (contributor), Santa María, Fray Guillermo de (scribe), Santa María, Fray Guillermo de (signer), Montes de Oca, Pedro de (signer), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-09-15
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 Michoacán, Diócesis de Michoacán, Tiripetío, Michoacán, Mexico, and Tiripetío, Michoacán, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Michoacán (state), and Tiripetío (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
19.5506, -101.3452
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:7f50756e-7000-43d0-b593-62c80ae36892
Local:
JGI-XXV-07_Tiripitio_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)