Description of Santiago Atitlan, located in the Diocese of Guatemala, as well as full descriptions of its estancias named San Bartolomé, San Andrés and San Francisco. Census is signed by Alonso Páez Betancor. Document lists Mexicana and various Guatemalan languages as the spoken languages, natural resources, medicines used, and monasteries and convents. Document describes the province, climate, topographic features, the native population, local jurisdiction, hierarchy and customs, systems of governance, flora and fauna, and farms. 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:
Villacastín, Francisco de (scribe), Betancor, Alonso Páez (signer), Arboleda, Fray Pedro de (contributor), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1585-02-08
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
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 Santiago Atitlán, Sololá, Guatemala
Geographic Coverage:
Guatemala (country), Sololá (state), Santiago Atitlán (city), Guatemala (country), Sacatepéquez (state), San Bartolomé Milpas Altas (city), Guatemala (country), Sololá (state), San Andrés Semetabaj (city), Guatemala (country), Suchitepéquez (state), and San Francisco Zapotitlán (city)
Geographic Code:
GT
Cartographic Information:
14.638588, -91.229887, 14.6082, -90.6797, 14.7464, -91.1329, and 14.5897, -91.5257
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Atitlan.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:9e181f9e-0d70-4b7c-af4c-7c1ea3ae244b
Local:
JGI_XX-10_Santiago_Atitlan_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 Santiago Atitlan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:a04b68ae-8c53-43d7-838a-e04e2a20284e (uri)