Cempoala, Mexico 1580

Old map of Mexico, Veracruz, Zempoala.

day state of Veracruz, Mexico, is from the Relaciones Geográficas collection in the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. Dating from between 1578 and 1586, the Relaciones Geográficas are responses to a questionnaire initiated by the Spanish crown in 1577, requesting information about Spanish-held territories in the Americas. The questionnaires covered such topics as demographics, political administration, languages spoken, physical terrain, and vegetation. The crown received 191 responses to these questionnaires. Of the 167 responses known to exist, 43 are in the Benson Latin American Collection. The others are held at the Archivo General de Indias, Seville, and the Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid. The relaciones contain important historical, cultural, and geographical information about New Spain during the 16th century. Many of the questionnaires are accompanied by maps and pictures. These both convey information about such topics as the colonial economy and the spread of European religion in New Spain and are artifacts for the study of the history of Latin American art and manuscript painting. This map, dated November 1, 1580, has glosses in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• Original resource extent: 83 x 66 centimeters.
• Original resource at: University of Texas Libraries.
• Content in Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Subjects

Art Mexican

Aztec Art

Colonies

Indians Of Mexico

Indigenous Peoples

Manuscript Maps

Mesoamerica

Mexico

New Spain

Pictorial Maps

Spain

Veracruz

Zempoala

1580

Map Tags

1580

Art Mexican

Aztec Art

Colonies

Indians Of Mexico

Indigenous Peoples

Manuscript Maps

Map

Mesoamerica

Mexico

New Spain

Pictorial Maps

Spain

Veracruz

Zempoala