Description of Epazoyuca, located in the Archdiocese of Mexico. Census was signed by Luis de Obregón. Document lists Mexicana as the spoken language and surrounding towns such as Tzihuiquiluca, Tetliztaca, Tepeapulco, Cempoala. There are also details about the local jurisdiction, local hierarchy, systems of governance, etymology of names, and fauna. 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:
Obregón, Luis (signer), Ilmana, Juan de (contributor), Osorio, Bartolomé (scribe), Mendoza, Diego de (contributor), Guzmán, Don Francisco de (contributor), Aquino, Don Pablo de (contributor), Ircio, Martín de (contributor), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-11-01
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:
Archdiocese of Mexico, Arquidiócesis de México, Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, Mexico, and Epazoyucan, Hidalgo, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Hidalgo (state), and Epazoyucan (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
20.017849, -98.635318
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Epanzoyuca, Cempoala, Epazoyuca, and Tetliztaca.
Origin Note:
Collector Joaquin García Icazbalceta initially grouped this census with both Cempoala and Tetlistaca. This arrangement is visible in their shared cover sheet that is housed with the Cempoala census. The cover sheet lists the three census.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:c5f60019-ec83-41b3-8641-a383d2a7773c
Local:
JGI_XXV-11_Epazoyuca_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 Epazoyuca (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:5bc4e8a8-3f8f-4729-83c2-49e4f319c3fa (uri)