Description of Tenamaztlan, located in the Diocese of Guadalajara. Signer of census is Pedro de Ávila. Document lists Mexicana and two unidentified languages as the spoken languages, surrounding towns such as Cocula, Ayutla, Tepantla, and Zoyatlan, topographic features, and flora and fauna. Also mentioned are descriptions of the native population, local jurisdiction, hierarchy, and systems of governance, etymology of names, medicines used, and architecture. 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:
Ávila, Pedro de (signer), Monge de León, Martín (witness), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1579-11-08
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 Guadalajara, Diócesis de Guadalajara, Tenamaxtlán, Jalisco, Mexico, and Tenamaxtlán, Jalisco, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Jalisco (state), and Tenamaxtlán (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
20.21856, -104.16474
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:c43cc46e-4694-40d2-be2b-193ef0b5065d
Local:
JGI_XXV-01_Tenamaztlan_text
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)