Visual representation of Culhuacan, located in the Archdiocese of Mexico. Created by Pedro de San Agustín, the map depicts the administrative capital of Culhuacan and its surrounding communities and landscape. Culhuacan is seen with its principal church and nearby pond, paper mill, and a glyph representative of Culhuacan. Footpaths and rivers are visible throughout the map as well as the Cerro de Iztapalapa towards the top of the map. Other communities depicted and labeled include Santiago, San Lorenzo, Santa María, San Andrés, San Pedro, San Sebastián, San Miguel (S Miguel), Santa María Magdalena (Sta María Magdalena), Santa Ana (Sta Ana), San Juan Bautista (S Ju Bautista), Santa Cruz (Sta Cruz), and Santo Bartolomé (Sto Bartolomé). Created in response to question ten listed within the relaciones geográficas questionnaire for Culhuacan.
Creator/Contributor:
San Agustín, Pedro de (artist), Gallegos, Gonzalo (signer), Núñez, Fray Juan (scribe), Paz, Diego de (contributor), Salcedo, Francisco de (scribe), Núñez, Fray Juan (signer), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-01-17
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Art--16th century--New Spain, Arte--Siglo XVI--Nueva España, Indigenous peoples--Mexico--Art, Pueblos indígenas--México--Arte, Indigenous peoples--Mexico--History--Sources, Pueblos indígenas--México--Historia--Fuentes, Manuscripts, Mexican, Manuscritos, Mexicanos, New Spain--Description and travel, Nueva España--Descripción y viaje, New Spain--History--Sources, Nueva España--Historia--Fuentes, New Spain--Maps, Manuscript, Nueva España--Mapas, Manuscritos, Spain--Colonies--History--Sources, España--Colonias--Historia--Fuentes, Mexico--History--16th century--Sources, and México--Historia--Siglo XVI--Fuentes
Time Period Covered:
16th century
Place Name:
Archdiocese of Mexico, Arquidiócesis de México, Culhuacán, State of Mexico, Mexico, and Culhuacán, México, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), State of Mexico (state), and Culhuacán (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
19.339773, -99.107265
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Mexicaltzingo y su partido.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:d5ddf214-248e-462f-acdc-81d27463226f
Local:
JGI_XXIII-14_Culhuacan_map
Related Resource - Host:
Joaquín García Icazbalceta Manuscript Collection (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00036.xml (uri)
Related Resource - Other:
Relación de Culhuacan (title) and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:d47cb590-3bda-4f2c-a48e-2e33b91dda2f (uri)