Visual representation of Cholula, located in the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Created by an unknown artist, the map depicts the administrative capital of Cholula and the surrounding six principal neighborhoods of Cholula. The map is laid out in a grid like fashion with each community represented in a quadrant. The city center of San Gabriel de Cholula is seen in the middle of the map and includes the convent, chapel, and church of San Gabriel, the main plaza, fountain, and marketplace. Each of the six neighborhoods is labeled and depicted with its church and a representative image of a mountain. The rest of the map shows the streets connecting the different neighborhoods and depictions of the houses and other buildings of each area. The six neighborhoods are San Miguel Tecpan, Santiago, San Juan, Santa María, San Pablo, and San Andrés. The principal roads are visible, leading to outlying cities like Mexico City, Huexotzingo (Huejotzingo), and Los Ángeles (Puebla). Created in response to question ten listed within the relación geográfica questionnaire for Cholula.
Creator/Contributor:
unknown (artist), Rojas, Gabriel de (scribe), Rojas, Gabriel de (signer), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1581-00-00
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, Cholula de Rivadabia, Puebla, Mexico, and Cholula de Rivadabia, Puebla, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Puebla (state), and Cholula de Rivadabia (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
19.062581, -98.306357
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:90dca2a6-6851-4d2b-b6c9-9fc2b75104b7
Local:
JGI_XXIV-01_Cholula_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 Cholula (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:bfe9df59-d0c1-46a6-8c45-0026a345642b (local)