Description of Cholula and surrounding towns located in the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Census signed by Gabriel de Rojas. Responses describe locations of churches, lists Mexicana as the language spoken, topographic features including roads leading to Acapetlahuacan, Tlaxcallan, Mexico, Angeles, and Uexotzinco. Additionally, the document describes etymology of names, fauna, local hierarchy and customs. 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:
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
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 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:bfe9df59-d0c1-46a6-8c45-0026a345642b
Local:
JGI_XXIV-01_Cholula_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 Cholula (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:90dca2a6-6851-4d2b-b6c9-9fc2b75104b7 (uri)