Relaciones Geográficas of Mexico and Guatemala

About

Joaquín García Icazbalceta's collection consists of forty-three relaciones geográficas prepared by local officials in New Spain in response to the 1577 questionnaire mandated by King Philip II. Forty-one relaciones pertain to territory in present-day Mexico; two relate to what is now Guatemala. The relaciones contain historical, cultural, and geographical information on New Spain and its peoples during the 16th century and before the Conquest. 26 relaciones are accompanied by one or more maps, known as pinturas.

Works

Acapistla (México), 1580

Descripción de Acapistla (hoy Ayacapistla) hecha por orden de Juan Gutiérrez de Liébana, corregidor de Ocuituca.

Collaboration is restricted.

16 pages: 0% complete (0% indexed, 0% translated, 0% transcribed)

Ameca (Guadalajara), 1579

Descripción hecha por el ilustre señor Antonio de Leyva, Alcalde Mayor por su Majestad del Pueblo de Ameca.

32 pages: 100% complete (19% indexed, 19% translated, 72% transcribed)

Antequera (Oaxaca), 1580

Descripcion de la Ciudad de Antequera (Oaxaca), hecha en el año de 1579 por Pedro Franco, clérigo presbitero, cura de la Catedral de la dicha Ciudad, siendo alcalde mayor en ella el Licenciado Pedro de Ledesma, que se lo cometió.

Collaboration is restricted.

18 pages: 27% complete (11% indexed, 11% translated, 17% transcribed)