| 496of Atengo, and alcald'ia mayor of Chilapa, in
Nueva Espana. It contains 27 families of Indians,
and is two leagues to the n. of its head settle-
ment.
COMALA, another settlement, in the head settle-
ment of Almololoyan, and alcald'ia mayor of Co-
lima. It contains 67 families of Indians, who ex-
ercise themselves in the cultivation of the lands.
Two leagues to the n. e.- of its head settlement.
COMALAPA, a .settlement of the province and
alcald'ia mayor of Chiapa in the kingdom of Guate-
mala.
COMALTEPEC, a settlement and head settle-
ments of the mayor of Villalta, of a hot
temperature, with 310 families of Indians. Nine
leagues between the e. and ??. of its capital.
COMALTEPEC, another, in the alcald'ia mayor
of Tecocuilco. It contains 78 families of Indians,
who cultivate nothing but cochineal and maize,
and these only in as much as is nece.ssary for their
sustenance.
COMANJA, a settlement of the head settlement
of Tirindaro, and alcald'ia mayor of Valladolid, in
the province and bishopric of Mechoacan. It
contains 13 families of Indians, and is one league
to the s. of its head settlement.
=COMANJA==, another settlement and real of mines
in the alcald'ia mayor oi Lagos, of the kingdom and
bishopric of Galicia ; the population of which con-
sists of 30 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and
Mulattoes, and 50 of Indians, who live by the
commerce of and labour in the mines, which,
although these inhabitants are little given to in-
dustry, produce good emolument. This settle-
ment is at the point of the boundary which divides
the settlements of this kingdom from the king-
dom of Nueva Espana. Seven leagues e. of its
capital.
COMAO, a province of the country of Las
Amazonas, to the s. of this river, from the mouth
of which it is 40 leagues distant, extending itself
along the banks of the same; discovered in 1745
by Francisco de Orellana. The territory is level
and fertile, and the climate moist and hot. It
abounds in maize, and has some plantations of
sugar-cane. It is watered by different rivers, all
of which abound in fish, as do also its lakes ; and
in these an infinite quantity of tortoises are caught.
This province belongs to the Portuguese, and is
part of the province of Para.
(COMARGO, a town of New Leon in N.
America ; situate on the s. side of Rio Bravo,
which empties into tlie gulf of Mexico on the w.
side.)
COMARU, or De los Angeles, a settle-
ment of the missions held by the Portuguese in the
country of the Amazonas, on the shore of the river
Negro.
COMARU, another settlement in the province
and captainship of Pará, and kingdom of Brazil ;
situate on th.e s. shore of the river of Las Ama-
zonas, on a point or long strip of land formed by
the mouth of the river Topayos.
COMAS, a settlement of the province and cor-
regmiienio of Xauxa in Peru.
Comas, a lake of the province and government
of Venezuela, of an oval figure, between the river
Guarico and the jurisdiction which divides this
government from that of Cumana.
COMATLAN, a settlement of the head settle-
ment of Chixila, and alcald'ia mayor of Villalti.
It contains 32 families of Indians, and is five
leagues to the n. of its capital.
COMATLAN, another settlement, the head set-
tlement of the district of the alcald'ia mayor of Te-
quepexpa ; of a hot temperature. It contains 20
families of Indians, who live by cultivating the
lands. Fifteen leagues to the s. of its capital.
COMAU, a settlement of the province and cap-
tainship of Pará in Brazil ; situate at the mouth of
the river Las Amazonas, to the n. n. e. of the
town of Macapa.
COMAUUINI, a river of the province and
government of Guayana, in the Dutch possessions,
on the shores and at the mouth of which they have
constructed the fort of Amsterdam. It runs n. and
afterwards turning to the s. s. e. enters the Co-
tica.
COMAYAGUA, or Valladolid, a city and
capital of the province of Honduras in the king-
dom of Guatemala ; founded by the Captain
Alonzo de Caceres, by the order of Pedro de Al-
varado. It was at first called Nuestra Senora de
la Concepcion, and by this title there is still named
an hospital which is well endowed and served.
Here are also some convents of the religious order
of La Merced, and a very good church, erected
into a bishopric in 1539. One hundred and ten
leagues from the capital Guatemala. Lat. 20° 58'
n. Long. 87° 5 P
Bishops who have presided in Comayagua.
1. Don Fray Juan de Talavera, of the order
of St. Jerome, prior of his convent of Nuestra
Senora del Prado, near Valladolid : being nomi-
nated first bishop, he refused the appointment.
2. Don Christoval de Pedraza, elected bishop
from the renunciation of the former; at the same
time nominated protector of the Indies, and resi-
dentiary judge to the conquerors Pedro Alvaredo
and Francisco de Montejo, in 1539,
Translationde Atengo y Alcaldía mayor de Chilapa en Nueva España: tiene 2 7 familias de Indios, y está 2 leguas al N de su Cabecera.
Otro Pueblo hay del mismo nombre en la Cabecera de Almololoyan y Alcaldía mayor de Colima: tiene 67 familias de Indios, que se exercitan en el cultivo de sus tierras: dista 2 leguas al NE de su Cabecera.
COMALAPA, Pueblo de la Provincia y Alcaldía mayor de Chiapa en el Reyno de Goatemala.
COMALTEPEC, Pueblo y Cabecera de la Alcaldía mayor de Villalta, de temperamento cálido, con 310 familias de Indios; está 9 leguas entre Oriente y N de su Capital.
Otro hay del mismo nombre en la Alcaldía mayor de Tecocuilco: tiene 78 familias de Indios, que solo cultivan grana y el maiz necesario para su subsistencia.
COMANJA, Pueblo de la Cabecera de Tirindaro y Alcaldía mayor de Valladolid en la Provincia y Obispado de Mechoacan: tiene 13 familias de Indios, y dista una legua al S de su Cabecera.
Otro Pueblo y Real de minas de plata hay del mismo nombre en la Alcaldía mayor de Lagos del Reyno y Obispado de Nueva Galicia, cuyo vecindario consiste en 30 familias de Españoles, Mestizos y Mulatos, y 50 de Indios que viven del comercio y trabajo de las minas, las quales dan suficiente utilidad, aunque ellos son poco aplicados: es término este Pueblo en que se dividen los de este Reyno y el de Nueva España; está 7 leguas al Oriente de su Capital.
COMAO, Provincia del País de las Amazonas al S de este rio, de cuya boca dista 40 leguas, y se extiende por sus orillas: la descubrió el año de 1545 Francisco de Orellana: el terreno es llano y fértil, y el clima húmedo y cálido: abunda en maiz, y tiene algunas plantaciones de cañas dulces: la bañan diferentes rios, en todos los quales hay muchísimo pescado, como en sus lagunas que se cogen infinitas tortugas: esta Provincia pertenece a los Portugueses y es parte de la del Para.
COMARU, o de los Angeles, Pueblo de las Misiones que tienen los Portugueses en el Pais de las Amazonas a orilla del río Negro.
Otro Pueblo hay del mismo nombre en la Provincia y Capitanía del Para y Reyno del Brasil, situado a la orilla del S del río de las Amazonas en una punta o lengua de tierra que forma la boca del río Topayos.
COMAS, Pueblo de la Provincia y Corregimiento de Xauxa en el Perú.
Tiene el mismo nombre una laguna de la Provincia y Gobierno de Venezuela, de figura oval, entre el río Guarico y la jurisdicción que divide este Gobierno del de Cumaná.
COMATLAN, Pueblo de la Cabecera de Chixila y Alcaldía mayor de Villalta: tiene 32 familias de Indios, y está 5 leguas al N de su Capital. Otro Pueblo hay de este nombre, que es Cabecera de partido de la Alcaldía mayor de Tequepexpa, de temperamento cálido: tiene 20 familias de Indios, que viven del cultivo de sus tierras: está 1 5 leguas al S de su Capital.
COMAU, Pueblo de la Provincia y Capitanía del Para en el Brasil, situado a la boca del río de las Amazonas al N NE de la Villa de Macapa.
COMAUUINI, Río] de la Provincia y Gobierno de la Guayana en la parte que poseen los HohndeseSj a cuya orilla y boca tienen construido el Fuerte de Amsterdam: corre al N, y torciendo su curso al S SE entra en el de Cotieá.
COMAYAGUA o Valladolid, Ciudad Capital de la Provincia de Honduras, en el Reyno de Guatemala, fundada por el Capitán Alonso de Cáceres de orden de Pedro de Alvarado: llamóse al principio nuestra Señora de la Concepción, de cuyo título tiene un Hospital muy bien dotado y asistido, Conventos de Religiosos de S. Francisco y de la Merced, y muy buena Iglesia erigida en Obispado el año de 1530: está 110 leguas de la Capital Goatemala.
OBISPOS QUE HA HABIDO en Comayagua
1 Don Fray Juan de Talavera, del Orden de San Gerónimo, Prior de su Convento de nuestra Señora del Prado, cerca de Valladolid, nombrado por primer Obispo, y no admitió.
2 Don Christóval de Pedraza, electo Obispo por renuncia del anterior, nombrándole al mismo tiempo protector de Indios, y Juez de Residencia de los conquistadores Pedro de Alvarado y Francisco de Montejo el año de .1539. | 496of Atengo, and alcald'ia mayor of Chilapa, in
Nueva Espana. It contains 27 families of Indians,
and is two leagues to the n. of its head settle-
ment.
COMALA, another settlement, in the head settle-
ment of Almololoyan, and alcald'ia mayor of Co-
lima. It contains 67 families of Indians, who ex-
ercise themselves in the cultivation of the lands.
Two leagues to the n. e.- of its head settlement.
COMALAPA, a .settlement of the province and
alcald'ia mayor of Chiapa in the kingdom of Guate-
mala.
COMALTEPEC, a settlement and head settle-
ments of the mayor of Villalta, of a hot
temperature, with 310 families of Indians. Nine
leagues between the e. and ??. of its capital.
COMALTEPEC, another, in the alcald'ia mayor
of Tecocuilco. It contains 78 families of Indians,
who cultivate nothing but cochineal and maize,
and these only in as much as is nece.ssary for their
sustenance.
COMANJA, a settlement of the head settlement
of Tirindaro, and alcald'ia mayor of Valladolid, in
the province and bishopric of Mechoacan. It
contains 13 families of Indians, and is one league
to the s. of its head settlement.
=COMANJA==, another settlement and real of mines
in the alcald'ia mayor oi Lagos, of the kingdom and
bishopric of Galicia ; the population of which con-
sists of 30 families of Spaniards, Mustees, and
Mulattoes, and 50 of Indians, who live by the
commerce of and labour in the mines, which,
although these inhabitants are little given to in-
dustry, produce good emolument. This settle-
ment is at the point of the boundary which divides
the settlements of this kingdom from the king-
dom of Nueva Espana. Seven leagues e. of its
capital.
COMAO, a province of the country of Las
Amazonas, to the s. of this river, from the mouth
of which it is 40 leagues distant, extending itself
along the banks of the same; discovered in 1745
by Francisco de Orellana. The territory is level
and fertile, and the climate moist and hot. It
abounds in maize, and has some plantations of
sugar-cane. It is watered by different rivers, all
of which abound in fish, as do also its lakes ; and
in these an infinite quantity of tortoises are caught.
This province belongs to the Portuguese, and is
part of the province of Para.
(COMARGO, a town of New Leon in N.
America ; situate on the s. side of Rio Bravo,
which empties into tlie gulf of Mexico on the w.
side.)
COMARU, or De los Angeles, a settle-
ment of the missions held by the Portuguese in the
country of the Amazonas, on the shore of the river
Negro.
COMARU, another settlement in the province
and captainship of Pará, and kingdom of Brazil ;
situate on th.e s. shore of the river of Las Ama-
zonas, on a point or long strip of land formed by
the mouth of the river Topayos.
COMAS, a settlement of the province and cor-
regmiienio of Xauxa in Peru.
Comas, a lake of the province and government
of Venezuela, of an oval figure, between the river
Guarico and the jurisdiction which divides this
government from that of Cumana.
COMATLAN, a settlement of the head settle-
ment of Chixila, and alcald'ia mayor of Villalti.
It contains 32 families of Indians, and is five
leagues to the n. of its capital.
COMATLAN, another settlement, the head set-
tlement of the district of the alcald'ia mayor of Te-
quepexpa ; of a hot temperature. It contains 20
families of Indians, who live by cultivating the
lands. Fifteen leagues to the s. of its capital.
COMAU, a settlement of the province and cap-
tainship of Pará in Brazil ; situate at the mouth of
the river Las Amazonas, to the n. n. e. of the
town of Macapa.
COMAUUINI, a river of the province and
government of Guayana, in the Dutch possessions,
on the shores and at the mouth of which they have
constructed the fort of Amsterdam. It runs n. and
afterwards turning to the s. s. e. enters the Co-
tica.
COMAYAGUA, or Valladolid, a city and
capital of the province of Honduras in the king-
dom of Guatemala ; founded by the Captain
Alonzo de Caceres, by the order of Pedro de Al-
varado. It was at first called Nuestra Senora de
la Concepcion, and by this title there is still named
an hospital which is well endowed and served.
Here are also some convents of the religious order
of La Merced, and a very good church, erected
into a bishopric in 1539. One hundred and ten
leagues from the capital Guatemala. Lat. 20° 58'
n. Long. 87° 5 P
Bishops who have presided in Comayagua.
1. Don Fray Juan de Talavera, of the order
of St. Jerome, prior of his convent of Nuestra
Senora del Prado, near Valladolid : being nomi-
nated first bishop, he refused the appointment.
2. Don Christoval de Pedraza, elected bishop
from the renunciation of the former; at the same
time nominated protector of the Indies, and resi-
dentiary judge to the conquerors Pedro Alvaredo
and Francisco de Montejo, in 1539,
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