Description of Querétaro, located in the Diocese of Michoacan. Signer of census is unknown. Document lists Mexicana and Otomí as the spoken languages, topographic features, and flora and fauna. Also included are details of the native population, province, local jurisdiction, hierarchy, and systems of governance, etymology of names, medicines used, hospitals, and monasteries and convents. The census makes reference to the creation of an accompanying map, but it is not included in the Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection. 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, Hernando de (witness), Ramos de Cárdenas, Francisco (scribe), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1582-01-20
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, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico, and Querétaro, Querétaro, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Querétaro (state), and Santiago de Querétaro (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
20.593002, -100.392123
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:b9393f97-b3ce-4da6-a905-e14db71cf765
Local:
JGI_XXIV-17_Queretaro_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)