Relaçion q se enbio a su magestad (Relación de Tezcuco)
Alternative Title:
Relación de Texcoco
Description:
17th century copy of a description of Texcoco, located in the Archdiocese of Mexico. Author of the original, lost 1582 work is Juan Bautista de Pomar. This copy was created by Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, a chronicler of indigenous Aztec history. Document lists Chichimeca, Mexicana, and Otomí as the spoken languages, surrounding towns such as Chiauhtlacae, Tetzoyucan, and Cohuatlichancomo, topographic features, medicines used, and flora and fauna. Also mentioned are descriptions of the local jurisdiction, hierarchy, systems of governance, etymology of names, and architecture. This is a 17th century copy of 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. This copy is one of two existing copies of Pomar's Relación de Texcoco, with the other also being held by this repository. It is a 19th century copy titled "Relación de la Ciudad de Tezcoco" and is cataloged as JGI XII-16.
Creator/Contributor:
Pomar, Juan Bautista de (signer), Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de (transcriptionist), and García, Genaro, 1867-1920 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
17th century
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:
17th century
Place Name:
Archdiocese of Mexico, Arquidiócesis de México, Texcoco, Mexico, Mexico, and Texcoco, México, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Mexico (state), and Texcoco (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
19.514571, -98.882750
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Tezcuco and Tezcoco.
Origin Note:
Note that this digital copy reverses the original order of the manuscript with the instructions and questionairre (G58) preceding the manuscript containing the responses to the questions (G57). In the physical volume held at this repository the order is G57 followed by G58.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:e98983f6-9321-45cf-9976-40373dbd61a6
Local:
GG_MSS_G58-G57_Texcoco_text
Related Resource - Host:
Genaro García Collection: Archives and Manuscripts Collections (title) and https://txarchives.org/utlac/finding_aids/00022.xml (uri)