Description of Teguantepec and several other towns located in the Diocese of Oaxaca. Signers of the census are Juan de Torre de Lagunas, Diego de Alcalá, Andrés López, and Diego Ruiz de Andrada. Details list Zapoteca, Mixteca, and Mexicana as languages spoken, etymology of place names, systems of governance, fauna, and monasteries and convents. Also included are topographic features and the communities of Xalapa, Tequantepec, Santuin, Nustequilla, Hiulotepec, Suchitlom, Yztactepec Coba, Conitlom, Hacotepec, Petapa, Siltepec, Decetun, and Petchitlan. 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:
Torres de Lagunas, Juan de (contributor), Luján, Pedro Arias de (scribe), Alcalá, Diego de (contributor), López, Andrés (contributor), Ruiz de Andrada, Diego (contributor), Stroza Gali, Francisco (artist), and García Icazbalceta, Joaquín, 1825-1894 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1580-09-20
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 Oaxaca, Diócesis de Oaxaca, Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, México
Geographic Coverage:
Mexico (country), Oaxaca (state), and Tehuantepec (city)
Geographic Code:
MX
Cartographic Information:
16.332566, -95.231997
General Note:
Additional geographic place names and alternate spellings associated with this resource include: Tehuantepec.
UTL DAMS PID:
utblac:eb72cf9e-6be9-4698-a675-b0a081ab014d
Local:
JGI_XXV-04_Teguantepec_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 Teguantepec (1 of 2) (title), https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:15876f70-a403-404b-a8d4-85e58e222465 (uri), Pintura de Teguantepec (2 of 2) (title), and https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:9515798e-4808-4078-844a-4a62e4b11a4d (uri)